So because the org was down all day,I had to resort to reading WIKIpedia and shit like this: Enjoy



4 penguins perish in freak Texas truck accident
Octopus unhurt, exotic fish not as lucky en route to temporary home

Scott Brunner / Marshall News Messenger
Kelly Hodge carries a penguin to safety after the truck she and Tammy Root were transporting from the Indianapolis Zoo overturned north of Marshall, Texas, on Tuesday morning.


Updated: 3:26 p.m. ET Aug 9, 2006

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - 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.”

The truck, also carrying an octopus that was uninjured, was bound for Moody Gardens, a tourist destination in Galveston, an hour south of Houston, a resort spokeswoman said.

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.



Courtesy of Marshall (Texas) Fire Dept.
A trooper who handled a turnover on Wednesday, involving a truck full of penguins and exotic fish, said the accident was the oddest he had ever handled

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“We’ve worked several wrecks involving cows, horses, pigs, even fish, but this is the first where the live animals were penguins.”

He said he was glad the accident was not worse.

“There was another truck full of snakes and alligators that was an hour ahead of them, so luckily we didn’t have to deal with the alligators,” Buchanan said.

The first truck arrived safely in Galveston by late afternoon, Hamacheck said.

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source: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14254314/

they're lucky the truck with the serpents didn't go plop in the indiana flatlands.

...after all, nothing is worse than SNAKES ON A PLAIN!!!








oh my god i'm so sorry

Anx said:

I kinda thought the same thing...

I've never ran over an animal on the road, thank God, but I have been in cars where the person driving has run over a skunk or such...and it's just so disturbing.. it makes me cry... even though I'm not driving I still feel guilty...imagine you run over a freaking penguin, how bad would that make you feel? But imagine telling someone why you are upset.

Hey Frank you look little down today what's up? You ok?

Yeah Bob I'm fine...just a little bummed... I ran over a penguin on the way to work today.

A Penguin! Where the fuck do you live???

Sweeny79 said:

Mach said:

I just laughed at that,does make me a bad person?

ThreadCula said:

no.

ThreadCula said:

no


i laughed to til i thought OMG Mach thats sick



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Sweeny79 said:

Thanks

Mach said:

I Know!!!!

ThreadCula said:

that would suck to kill a penguin like that

Mach said:

It would I called Rich a murder when he ran over the skunk.

He almost cried.

Sweeny79 said:

Mach said:

I know I'm horrible.

Sweeny79 said:

no ... not at all

i call my freinds that sometimes for stepping on bugs

Mach said:

wow... I wouldn't go that far.

Sweeny79 said:

i'm twisted