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Wednesday, August 09, 2006
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Penguins Die in Texas Truck Accident

Yeah... you read that headline right... no need to clean your glasses.  Here's the story:

Twenty-one penguins were rescued on a hot east Texas highway on Tuesday after a truck carrying the wildlife to a temporary home south of Houston overturned, said a state trooper.

Four penguins and some exotic fish were killed in the accident, including three penguins that were hit by passing motorists, said Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Buchanan. "The rest of the penguins kind of stayed together in the ditch."
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The wildlife was being transported to Texas from the Indianapolis Zoo while the zoo’s ocean exhibit is being remodeled, said Jerri Hamacheck of Moody Gardens.

The trooper said it was the oddest traffic accident he had ever handled.

And it's probably the oddest thing that those penguins have ever experienced too.  All brown, hot, sunny... not a speck of snow anywhere.  All dressed up and nowhere to go besides.  There was also an octopus on board which was uninjured, despite the lack of... well... an ocean.

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Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:10:34 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
How in the world did the people who were driving hit the poor little penguins? It's not like penguins move super fast so I doubt that they ran into the street at super high speeds making them impossible to miss. Poor little cute penguins.
sliverthetomcat
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:38:06 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
Man, I can't even imagine trying to explain hitting a penquin to my insurance company.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:55:07 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
Well... at least the other penguins were already dressed for the funeral. Ba da da... ching.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006 3:43:15 PM (Central Daylight Time, UTC-05:00)
Nick! That was very good.

LOL Elliot I can hear it now: " Listen this was not any ordinary penguin, I mean this thing was more like a polar bear with a little tuxedo on... and it looked mean I tell you MEAN!"
sliverthetomcat
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