Friday, October 03, 2008

Penguin Story

So this is an odd and endearing story.
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The Washington Post has an article about how hundreds maybe thousands of penguins have washed up on Brazilian Beaches.
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It is the odd effect of a extra cold ocean current this year Normally these little guys feed in a cold Argentine / Falklands current until it hits the warm African current and then they turn around.  Apparently the African current isn't warm enough to initiate that behavior this year.
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Anyway, a zoo in Rio got 500 penguins as rescue this year, vs. a normal of less than 10 (last year the number was 7).  And so general people have been taking them in and nursing them to health.
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It is kind of a sweet cute little article and a nice change in read from politics with a capital P.