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Famed rescue penguin 'Happy Feet' released back into wild may have been eaten, scientists fear
NY Daily News ^
| 9-13-11
| Lukas I. Alpert
Posted on 09/13/2011 8:31:44 PM PDT by dynachrome
The heart-warming story of a wayward emperor penguin that was rescued in New Zealand may not have a happy ending.
Scientists who released the penguin back into the ocean say the signal from a tracking device has stopped and they fear the bird has been eaten.
But they still are holding out hope that the device just fell off the penguin who has been dubbed "Happy Feet."
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: happyfeet; happymeal; penquin; sushi; tasteslikechicken
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The beauty of nature.
I chuckled, Lord forgive me.
To: dynachrome
I feel sorry for the penguin.
Just another example of where the road paved with good intentions lead.
I don’t know what they were thinking when they released the poor penguin all by itself in the middle of nowhere.
If they had any sense, they would have put it into a nice zoo with a bunch of other penguins to live a long, happy life.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:34:58 PM PDT
by
Clairity
("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
To: dynachrome
The heart-warming story of a wayward emperor penguin that was rescued in New Zealand may not have a happy ending. It was a happy ending for the varmint that ate him.
To: Colonel Kangaroo
Another critter got a meal that kept them alive.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:36:34 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
So did I....We're all going to hell.
We need NCIS and Hawaii Five O and CSI Miami.....NOW!!!!
To: dynachrome
Happy Feet....meet Happy Meal.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:38:22 PM PDT
by
festusbanjo
(This is what happens when you hire a guy to run the country that hadn't run anything but his mouth)
To: dynachrome
The least they could have done was release him near a bunch of penguins
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:39:29 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
To: dynachrome
I guess they can now call him “Happy Meal”.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:39:53 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Obama: The Dr. Kevorkian of the American economy.)
To: Clairity
They could have put him amongst a Penguin population.
What a stupid thing to do....just shove him in the water and expect him to find his way. He was lost in the first place.
Bottom line....The whole damn release was totally experimental...because it makes no sense.
To: Jonty30
“release him near a bunch of penguins”
Maybe the scientists felt the polar bears added diversity to his life?
;)
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:43:24 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
"Mr. Powers, you will notice all the sharks have laser attached to their head, I believe every creature deserves a warm meal!"
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:43:50 PM PDT
by
Trueblackman
(Posting on FR since 1998 and 100% teleprompter free post as well.)
To: dynachrome
dang. someone didn’t like “sushi” as a keyword.
(thanks, admin, for putting the full title up. My copy and paste mechanism must have broke)
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:45:22 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
To: dynachrome
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:46:10 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: dynachrome
I followed the story closely, and I’d definitely of eaten him!
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:46:27 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: dynachrome
Too bad one of the eco-freaks wasn’t there to fight the nearly extinct polar bear for the Happy (Meal) Feet.
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:48:05 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
To: dynachrome
Reminds me of an incident 15 hrs ago when the well intentioned folks in Hutchinson KS relocated Prairie Dogs from a field slated for a ball diamond. The poor dogs were eaten by the badgers at their new home LOL !
To: Clairity
” - - - If they had any sense, they would have put it into a nice zoo with a bunch of other penguins to live a long, happy life. - - - “
Let me see now, - - - zoo, or chomp?
Zoo or CHOMP !!!
OKAY ! Zoo it is!
Reality, what a concept !
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:55:45 PM PDT
by
Graewoulf
( obamatrauma"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law.)
To: dynachrome
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posted on
09/13/2011 8:58:18 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(We still hold these truths to be self-evident...)
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To: dynachrome
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posted on
09/13/2011 9:01:28 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(Can we ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Easily. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.)
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