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Tue Aug-08-06 05:16 PM
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Truck wreck spills Penguins, Octopus onto East Texas highway |
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A truck transporting zoo animals overturned early Tuesday, spilling 24 penguins, an octopus and tropical fish along a highway north of Marshall, authorities said.
"We had a penguin wreck," said Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Buchanan. "They were thrown out into a ditch and in the roadway."
Three penguins that landed in the highway were killed by oncoming traffic and one died in the crash, authorities said. Another penguin suffered a broken wing.
The driver, Kelly Hodge, 34, and passenger Tammy Root both sustained minor scratches and bruises, police said. Root was taken to a local hospital for treatment and released, authorities said.
More...Poor brave little penguins. :(
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:18 PM
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1. Oh god, can you imagine hitting a penguin? |
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:19 PM
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I'd be so upset with myself, even though I probably couldn't have avoided it.
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:20 PM
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4. What about hitting the octopus? |
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Tue Aug-08-06 07:26 PM
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12. Imagine getting your insuance company to pay your claim! |
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:20 PM
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:cry:And there should be no zoos!
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:25 PM
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6. The only zoos should be for critters........ |
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injured in nature. Glen Ellyn, IL had such a place where animals wounded seriously and couldn't survive in their natural habitat were given a beautiful and humane home open to the public! Moved from Glen Ellyn in 1992----it was a wonderful place! Hopefully, gov't funding hasn't been cut.
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:23 PM
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5. Shrapnel the Despair Penguin visits Texas? Tom DeLay is doomed! |
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:29 PM
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7. Penguin roundup in Texas? |
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"The penguins were traveling in heavy tubs which broke open the truck's trailer. Troopers succeeded in corralling most of the penquins in a roadside ditch, Buchanan said." Poor confused penguins, octopus and fishies.
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Tue Aug-08-06 05:32 PM
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:cry: poor little critters. :-(
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Tue Aug-08-06 06:23 PM
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9. That is a really sad story |
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Poor little animals. :cry:
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Tue Aug-08-06 06:43 PM
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10. awww poor little guys |
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can you imagine the trauma of running over a penguin? damn, i'd have to check my water supply for lsd after an encounter like that
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Tue Aug-08-06 06:54 PM
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