I almost posted this in the "Why We Fight" thread, but the Mumia quote in the abstract stopped me, since this isn't really about humans.
It does, however, seem to comment on the human condition.
Zoo penguins intent on futile 'migration'
S.F. flock swims round and round in pool
Brainwashed by six newcomers from Ohio, 46 penguins at the San Francisco Zoo have abandoned their burrows and embarked on a great migration -- except their pool is not exactly the coast of South America and there's really nowhere for them to go.
"We've lost complete control," said Jane Tollini, their mystified keeper. "It's a free-for-all in here. After 18 years of doing this job, these birds are making mincemeat of me."
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Within two hours, the three males and three females from Ohio -- smaller and more docile than their mean and hefty San Francisco counterparts -- had convinced the 46 to jump in the pool with them. Now they swim most of the day and stagger out only at dusk.
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I can't figure out how the Aurora penguins communicated and changed the minds of the other 46," said Tollini, who doesn't want to simply remove the gang of six. "I don't experiment on my birds." |
