Friday, May 06, 2005
OK, who jumped the penguin?
A mysterious outbreak of chlamydia, a bacterial infection which humans pass to each other through sex, has killed a dozen penguins at the San Francisco Zoo, a zoo spokeswoman said on Friday.
Heh. Er, not that I'm laughing about dead penguins or anything.
But wait, that's not all:
The outbreak was the second Penguin Island mystery to stump zoo officials in recent years.
The zoo's penguins in December 2003 began swimming nonstop in circles after six new penguins were introduced to the colony. Normally the birds occasionally splash about in their pool. They went around and around until mid-February 2004.
"Even when the pool was drained they would walk around in circles," Chan said.
That's San Francisco penguins for you.
3 Comments:
By 
MrSurly, at
Sat May 07, 08:39:00 AM:
I have no Idea how you scooped the Idiom on a penguin story. Penguins stories and funny animals are the specialty of the Idiom.
By TigerHawk, at
Sat May 07, 09:38:00 AM:
"Scooping the Idiom on a penguin story" being yet another accolade in the TigerHawk pantheon of honors!
Cass, if you want to get into penguin-blogging, you have to Grok the Idiom.
By Sluggo, at
Sat May 07, 03:13:00 PM:
I have to admit, when I'm looking for the latest in penguin news, I've always turned to the Idiom. Now? I have options.
Thanks TigerHawk.
