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Muscletang
12-20-2005, 01:48 PM
Baby Penguin Is Stolen From Zoo (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051220/ap_on_re_eu/toga_the_penguin)
LONDON - A baby penguin thought to have been snatched from a zoo as a quirky festive gift is unlikely to survive until Christmas Day, his keeper warned Tuesday.
Toga, a three-month old jackass penguin, was stolen from Amazon World on the Isle of Wight in southern England on Saturday.
Zoo manager Kath Bright said the bird, who was taken from a compound where he lived with his parents and four other penguins, would probably die of malnutrition if not urgently returned.
"Toga is very, very vulnerable. The penguin is still being fed by his parents and we don't believe it could survive more than five days," she told The Associated Press.
"The bird has already been missing for around three days and is likely to be severely dehydrated. If he isn't returned before Thursday he is likely to become so ill that even intensive care treatment won't save him."
The brown and white penguin will bite if frightened and refuses to be fed by human hand, Bright said. Toga is too young to have yet had a gender confirmed, but along with tradition, is referred to as a male, she added..
Bright said there was no sign of forced entry to the pen, but said a thief would have been able to climb into the compound and carry Toga away.
"We can't understand what may have been going through the thief's head, but we are worried someone decided a penguin would make the perfect Christmas gift," she added. "There has been a lot of attention because of the film 'March of the Penguins.' Perhaps someone saw the film and thought their wife or girlfriend would be thrilled to have one as a present."
The French movie was a box-office hit and has been credited with drawing tourists to penguin spotting sites across the world.
1. Yes I know I'm immature and I'm probably not going to grow up.
2. Who in the hell steals a baby penguin? Of course, nothing says I love you more to that special girl like stealing a baby penguin. Am I right?
LONDON - A baby penguin thought to have been snatched from a zoo as a quirky festive gift is unlikely to survive until Christmas Day, his keeper warned Tuesday.
Toga, a three-month old jackass penguin, was stolen from Amazon World on the Isle of Wight in southern England on Saturday.
Zoo manager Kath Bright said the bird, who was taken from a compound where he lived with his parents and four other penguins, would probably die of malnutrition if not urgently returned.
"Toga is very, very vulnerable. The penguin is still being fed by his parents and we don't believe it could survive more than five days," she told The Associated Press.
"The bird has already been missing for around three days and is likely to be severely dehydrated. If he isn't returned before Thursday he is likely to become so ill that even intensive care treatment won't save him."
The brown and white penguin will bite if frightened and refuses to be fed by human hand, Bright said. Toga is too young to have yet had a gender confirmed, but along with tradition, is referred to as a male, she added..
Bright said there was no sign of forced entry to the pen, but said a thief would have been able to climb into the compound and carry Toga away.
"We can't understand what may have been going through the thief's head, but we are worried someone decided a penguin would make the perfect Christmas gift," she added. "There has been a lot of attention because of the film 'March of the Penguins.' Perhaps someone saw the film and thought their wife or girlfriend would be thrilled to have one as a present."
The French movie was a box-office hit and has been credited with drawing tourists to penguin spotting sites across the world.
1. Yes I know I'm immature and I'm probably not going to grow up.
2. Who in the hell steals a baby penguin? Of course, nothing says I love you more to that special girl like stealing a baby penguin. Am I right?
eversio11
12-20-2005, 01:54 PM
2. Who in the hell steals a baby penguin?
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Shortbus
12-20-2005, 02:03 PM
Maybe they don't care if it dies or not, perhaps they are fashioning themselves a genuine waterproof penguin skullcap out of it.
Rally Sport
12-20-2005, 02:38 PM
I wonder what kind of idiot, takes a penguin, I mean its kinda basic knowledge that it has to be in a cold environment and why a baby penguin?
-Jayson-
12-20-2005, 02:41 PM
so he or the person hes stole it for can watch it die. Everyone loves watching baby animals die a painful and stressful death.
imtheoneandonlyD
12-20-2005, 03:15 PM
Thats stupid, i hope whoever stole it is running with scissors and has them stab his eyes out.
karmacae
12-20-2005, 05:02 PM
thats sad, I will keep my eyes open for a baby penguin on tha loose
Toksin
12-20-2005, 05:28 PM
I read a story once about a couple of guys who stole a penguin one night on out on the piss.
They got the smallest one they could get, put it in a backpack, then went home and put it in the bath with ice water and watched it play around.
After they sobered up they started to wonder what the fuck they were going to do with a baby penguin and all the penguin shit all over the guy's bathroom.
So they took it to a pond in the park, called the cops and told them they'd found a penguin. Got in the paper too! LOL
They got the smallest one they could get, put it in a backpack, then went home and put it in the bath with ice water and watched it play around.
After they sobered up they started to wonder what the fuck they were going to do with a baby penguin and all the penguin shit all over the guy's bathroom.
So they took it to a pond in the park, called the cops and told them they'd found a penguin. Got in the paper too! LOL
2JZAsupra
12-20-2005, 06:23 PM
I wonder what kind of idiot, takes a penguin, I mean its kinda basic knowledge that it has to be in a cold environment and why a baby penguin?
actually, galapogos penguins, who live on the galapagos islands (derp), are warm weather penguins. the galapagos islands are somewhere around the equator and the temparature is like in the 60's and 70's there actually.... just thought id enlighten you all even tho youll probably never need to know that haha. :biggrin:
actually, galapogos penguins, who live on the galapagos islands (derp), are warm weather penguins. the galapagos islands are somewhere around the equator and the temparature is like in the 60's and 70's there actually.... just thought id enlighten you all even tho youll probably never need to know that haha. :biggrin:
Toksin
12-20-2005, 06:29 PM
Yeah but everything on the Galapagos Islands is fucked up and different from all other animals :p
BP2K2Max
12-20-2005, 07:35 PM
you didn't see that new penguin movie? them lil bastards are cute as hell, i'd steal one too and name it Walter.
Cyprus106
12-20-2005, 07:48 PM
It's kind of like the prick that stole the American Flag from Ground Zero after 9/11...
man somebody needs a Hostel style death for that kind of shit. OK, this spawns a whole new thread by yours truly...
man somebody needs a Hostel style death for that kind of shit. OK, this spawns a whole new thread by yours truly...
SeXy_AnGeL
12-21-2005, 12:54 AM
To tell you the truth, I think penguins are cute, and I kinda want one. I mean, they would be cute to have but they can be vicious! I would never steal one. ESPECIALLY a baby! Who would steal a little baby penguin from its parents?! Thats just terrible. I hope they reuturn it...I would hate for a penguin to die because of a stupid jackass!
Muscletang
12-21-2005, 01:13 AM
To tell you the truth, I think penguins are cute, and I kinda want one.
That's good news.
I hope they reuturn it...I would hate for a penguin to die because of a stupid jackass!
Well...there goes my perfect Christmas present for you
That's good news.
I hope they reuturn it...I would hate for a penguin to die because of a stupid jackass!
Well...there goes my perfect Christmas present for you
Rally Sport
12-21-2005, 01:48 AM
Give it to me via mail, Muscletang. I'll give it to someone.
SeXy_AnGeL
12-21-2005, 02:50 PM
That's good news.
Well...there goes my perfect Christmas present for you
Could I have the penguin? I've decided that it could live with me and my dogs and fish. Please?
Well...there goes my perfect Christmas present for you
Could I have the penguin? I've decided that it could live with me and my dogs and fish. Please?
Muscletang
12-23-2005, 05:10 PM
Could I have the penguin? I've decided that it could live with me...Please?
I won't lie to you Kate. What I was going to do is show up at your door in a penguin suit and then...maybe we could cuddle?
Anyway, for all you people wondering, there has been a "break" and Britian's Royal Navy is on the case!!!
anonymous phone calls to Amazon World and to GMTV, a BBC morning television show, in which the caller said he had dumped Toga into Portsmouth harbor in a plastic bag (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10564932)
I won't lie to you Kate. What I was going to do is show up at your door in a penguin suit and then...maybe we could cuddle?
Anyway, for all you people wondering, there has been a "break" and Britian's Royal Navy is on the case!!!
anonymous phone calls to Amazon World and to GMTV, a BBC morning television show, in which the caller said he had dumped Toga into Portsmouth harbor in a plastic bag (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10564932)
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