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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Penguins invade Brazillian beaches |
| 2008-10-03 |
| . . . The sheer quantity of young penguins that have washed up on Brazil's sun-drenched beaches this year has confounded nearly everyone who comes in contact with them. Each summer and early fall, some gray-and-white Magellanic penguins could be expected to drift here, washed by ocean currents more than 2,000 miles north from their homes in southern Argentina near the bottom of the world. This year is different. Like some maritime dust-bowl migration, more than 1,000 of these penguins have floated ashore in Brazil, nearly as far north as the equator. By the time their webbed feet touch sand, many are gaunt and exhausted, often having lost three-quarters of their body weight. Even more have died. "This year is completely anomalous," said Lauro Barcellos, 51, an oceanographer who founded a rehabilitation center for penguins in southern Brazil. ". . . I've worked in this field for 35 years, and I have never seen anything like this." . . . |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #8 More evidence that Antartic is spreading to Brazil. We will loose all those naked Carnival ladies... |
| Posted by: Dino Pholulet5957 2008-10-03 23:10 |
| #7 Whoops, my bad... |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Tsunami Division 2008-10-03 20:53 |
| #6 FYI I'm still here in the Bay Area. Although I'm thinking it may be the only weight loss program that will stick. |
| Posted by: Penguin 2008-10-03 18:14 |
| #5 They're just looking for those hot Brazilian chicks they heard about... Oops, wrong species! |
| Posted by: E Brown 2008-10-03 16:28 |
| #4 Build the penguin wall, NOW! Enforce the law. |
| Posted by: Dopey Unoluse2155 2008-10-03 11:13 |
| #3 Halliburtons wave machine got kicked on by accident |
| Posted by: sinse 2008-10-03 11:10 |
| #2 I blame Bush. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2008-10-03 10:32 |
| #1 By the time their webbed feet touch sand, many are gaunt and exhausted, often having lost three-quarters of their body weight. I blame the food police. More water aerobics for everyone. No fat penguins in our world! Just former Vice Presidents. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-10-03 09:53 |