The invasion has begun!

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All units report to start point TANGO, OPLAN "ZHUKOV" is in effect.

Penguins corralled on Texas highway after accident

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - 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.

"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.

While Strike Team 176 failed to take advantage of the prearranged accident, we can take heart that the octopus, the oh-so-vital octopus, was not harmed. Team 176 will be reinforced and go to their fallback plan. Hopefully, this will not involve the nuke or summoning Chuck Norris.

Investigations continue into why the snakes and alligators were shipped by truck, instead of on the motherf%@king plane.

Now, to arms! Rise up and claim this world for the penguins!

Comments

[caprine.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaaaa!

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

I saw the accident report earlier today and immediately thought of you. :)
What a wacky accident. Glad to hear that escape plans are still in effect.

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Pshaw. A likely story.

I heard that they were sneaking in over the border to take some jobs working the farms during the summer...

[pauldrye.livejournal.com]

Picking iceberg lettuce, one presumes.

[blueashke.livejournal.com]

ROTFLOL.... OH! I heard a great story yesterday that made me think of you:

A friend of mine works downtown translating for rich Russian nationals living here in CA. She has some great stories, but yesterday's cracked me up. A woman wanted to adopt a penguin. Not sponsor a penguin at a zoo so that it gets cared for or something. No, she wanted her very own penguin for her backyard.

I now know that this requires a pool somewhat larger than an Olympic sized swimming pool, kept in constant motion, at a much colder temperature than normal. It also requires a special shed to store fresh fish, which must be delivered each day, if not actually acquired live and set free so that the penguin can 'hunt' them.

After learning that all this would also include monthly inspections by the people in charge of such things (didn't get the right acronym), special training, and still it would be minimum six months before she would receive said penguin, the woman confessed that she wanted it for a party to be held in September, and never mind.

I promptly thought of you and laughed.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Right. She didn't actually want an animal with its own needs, just a disposable conversation piece to amuse her guests and make herself look Cool.

Grr, humans.