Do penguins get the flu?

The upcoming movie "Happy Feet" uses the voices of stars like Elijah Wood, Robin Williams and Nicole Kidman, but that's not all it features. The movie is also doing promotional tie-ins with a pharmaceutical company - Roche.

This is the first time the entertainment business and drug business have merged (well, officially and legally) to create endorsements.

A website features creatures from Happy Feet as well as information on the flu, how people get it and how to avoid it... The site also gives people things to do to fight the flu - Roche's medicine is at the top of the list...

This is a very interesting idea...I'm not sure how well these ideas tie into each other besides the fact that when it's cold outside people get the flu. And penguins live in the cold...

But penguins don't buy flu medicine.

Anyways, The NY Times has more on the topic, so off you go...