How They keep Warm

Having become quite fond of the little guys, I've been wondering how the orange cone head alien dudes, lovingly known as OCHAs, keep themselves warm now that winter has moved in with a vengeance.

I've never seen any sign of protective outerwear, or any wear for that matter. Of course, not having hands or toes on their feet, they can't wear gloves or woolly socks, nor would these extremities get cold.

Perhaps they are like Penguins, able to withstand the Arctic's frigid winds. I'm sure zoologist Marlin Perkins of the Saint Louis Zoo and Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom fame would be able to tell us if he were still alive.

I know Penguins have a large volume to surface area ratio which helps keeps them warm - and that they have thin layers of body fat that helps too - and probably most importantly, they have feathers crucial to heat retention. But those orange alien dudes; the OCHAs, ORBAs, and OSBs on our planet have absolutely none of those Penguin advantages...but combing through the picture archives a possible answer dawned on me.

These OCHAs are a subtle, quiet and unsung race of beings.



Here you see a couple OCHAs warming themselves on a truck exhaust pipe. Cunning of them isn't it?


This photo from travelweb.com

...And surely you have seen hundreds huddled around steaming storm sewer grates.



Of course the old fashioned way of keeping warm works for them too...these two, however should get a room!

Photos thanks to roving Photojournalist LadyStyx

Some of them might like a holiday gift...Here's an idea from AusGrl!



Together, this holiday, we can make all the OCHAs in the world look like:



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