September 28, 2005

Falkland's minefields have become a mating haven for penguins. All the thousands of leftover mines from the early 80's Falkland Islands War are keeping would-be intruders from trampling on fertile mating ground. The penguins, not heavy enough to trigger the mines, are getting their squawk on.
posted by sugarmilktea 19 years ago
  • Go pengy!
  • More bang for your buck. Doe!
  • now that's a beautiful story!
  • I've always found mating to be a minefield too.
  • dang. un- wins already. MonkeyFilter: Besides, he noted, "The environmentalists like them." (voting not enabled)
  • Whee.
  • I was reading up on the Falklands war because of this post, and there was this amazing note at the bottom of the Wikipedia article--more British soldiers have committed suicide (ostensibly due to post-traumatic stress disorder), than were actually killed in action.
  • Long may the gentoos waddling from the sea wind through the hussac and the diddle-dee. Not everyday one gets to stick three words many might find incomprehendible into a couplet. ;]
  • If the penguins aren't heavy enough to trigger the mines, this presents a unique solution to minefields. Train an army of penguins, and invade at your leisure. We know they're good at marching...
  • Yes, the penguins can attack by land (an Airborne division perhaps?), and the dolphins by sea... Perhaps owls can do nighttime reconnoissance missions. The animals, I submit to you!! *drops to knees* Lovely bees... Gentoo, a new one for me!
  • My favorite is the diddle-dee -- takes me back to nursery days and Mother Goose. Mother Goose does not include penguin rhymes, alas.
  • Airborne penguins? "As God as my witness, I thought penguins could fly..."
  • Minefields, eh? If only it worked for all endangered species, but how does one build a gorilla-proof mine?
  • very carefully.
  • During the war, RAF pilots used to fly over the penguins a couple of times to get their attention, then fly head on, slow and low towards the flock (they'd all be looking in the same direction by now). The penguins would all watch the plane / copter go over, leaning back until the whole lot of them fell over. Ho ho. I'm assuming this was after the Argies had stopped launching SAMs at the RAF... True Falkland War Fact! I counted them out, and I counted them back in.
  • False.
  • You're just pissed cos I got you on the Isle of Mann thing...
  • Man.
  • OMG! A typo! *shoots self*
  • So, they're farkin' in Falkland, eh?
  • Grams, are you tryin to pull a joke, or was that your dentures talking?
  • *stands back / watches blue touch paper sparkle*
  • No, it was the Isle of Lucy.
  • kitfisto, dude, I was telling my brother-in-law about the link in this thread yesterday and he told me the same urban legendstory you just did.
  • Don't you get fresh with me, you little whippersnapper, or I'll make you clean up all the penguin semen in this thread.
  • *blinks* *touches droplet of penguin semen with ten foot pole* *gently backs away* Can't help it GramMa, you've got some nice ticklin' ribs!