Ghosty
Fri May 25th, 2012, 09:46 AM
DAMN, HE ALMOST MADE IT!
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/japans-fugitive-penguin-captured/?hpt=hp_t2
Just a little lighthearted news for Friday, thought it was a cute story. He almost escaped!
The fugitive bird, known as Penguin 337, somehow scaled a 13-foot wall and got through a barbed-wire fence to get into the bay. Aquarium officials believe it escaped through small gaps that cats and frogs can pass through.
Officials from Tokyo Sea Life Park (http://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/kasai/main.html) feared the penguin would not survive in the waters of the bay, busy with marine traffic headed for densely populated Tokyo.
"It didn't look like it has gotten thinner over the past two months, or been without food. It doesn't seem to be any weaker. So it looks as if it's been living quite happily in the middle of Tokyo Bay," Kazuhiro Sakamoto, deputy director of the park, told Reuters.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120525015035-penguin-fugitive-caught-story-top.jpg
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/japans-fugitive-penguin-captured/?hpt=hp_t2
Just a little lighthearted news for Friday, thought it was a cute story. He almost escaped!
The fugitive bird, known as Penguin 337, somehow scaled a 13-foot wall and got through a barbed-wire fence to get into the bay. Aquarium officials believe it escaped through small gaps that cats and frogs can pass through.
Officials from Tokyo Sea Life Park (http://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/kasai/main.html) feared the penguin would not survive in the waters of the bay, busy with marine traffic headed for densely populated Tokyo.
"It didn't look like it has gotten thinner over the past two months, or been without food. It doesn't seem to be any weaker. So it looks as if it's been living quite happily in the middle of Tokyo Bay," Kazuhiro Sakamoto, deputy director of the park, told Reuters.
http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/120525015035-penguin-fugitive-caught-story-top.jpg