San Francisco Zookeepers Perplexed By Endless Circle-Swimming Penguins

AP ^ | January 16, 2003

[Shermy]

A few penguins swimming leisurely every now and then at the San Francisco Zoo is nothing new. But dozens of them doing laps in unison all day to the point of exhaustion has zookeepers perplexed.

"We've lost complete control," said Jane Tollini, the zoos penguin 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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[Phantom Lord]

I think they are trying to retrace the slave routes and searching for the food that slaves thrown overboard provided.

[Shermy]

We've lost complete penguin control!

[Doctor Stochastic]

They're getting in shape for a mass escape attempt.

[boomop1]

Maybe they are the sounding alarm for the coming earthquake

[gitmo]

If they were ducks, I'd say count their feet.

Duck,Duck,Goose maybe?

A swirlie?

[SandfleaCSC]

I think its a protest against formal wear.

[boomop1]

Or they are part of anti war protest.

[Grampa Dave]

So is this a secret up to now, Penguin circle jerk done in the water?

[Egregious Philbin]

I think they are trying to retrace the slave routes and searching for the food that slaves thrown overboard provided.

What?

I thought that animals in zoos going in circles was a sign that they had gone crazy from being enclosed in tight spaces and without much stimulation. A big problem with big animals like elephants too.

[Diddle E. Squat]

LOL. Who was that idiot congressman that came up with that whopper?

[Hanging Chad]

"... the six penguins from Ohio ..."
I think there used to be a rock and roll band by this name.

[EggsAckley]

"We've lost complete control," said Jane Tollini, the zoos penguin keeper. "It's a free-for-all in here. After 18 years of doing this job, these birds are making mincemeat of me."

[Phantom Lord]

LOL. Who was that idiot congressman that came up with that whopper?

It was an idiot Vice President. Algore!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Do they circle the opposite direction below the equator?

[dtel]

Maybe they are the sounding alarm for the coming earthquake

Don't discount it out of hand.
It could be the newcomers upset the balance of the flock, in some unknown bird way, and they are somehow trying to sort that out.
Pretty bizarre, at any rate.

[Hanging Chad]

maybe its "that old black magic"...
in a spin...
lovin that spin i'm in...
lovin that old black magic called love...

[Shermy]

Or they are part of anti war protest?

Maybe anti-prissy-zookeeper protest?

Strange, nevertheless. Just the other day I saw a mass of our own species running around an oval race course. Seemingly endless, and they looked to be in discomfort - but wouldn't stop.

[Phantom Lord]

Your obviously not familiar with Algore's and some left wing congressmans contention that the sharks in the Atlantic swim the old slave routes looking for food. Seems they believe such a massive number of slaves were thrown overboard as to cause a change in the sharks feeding areas.

I think its a bunch of CRAP!