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Penguins Stuck In Infinite Loop

Posted by Hemos on from the faster-and-faster-they-go dept.

mjd writes "All dressed up and nowhere to swim! ABC News reports that "the penguin pool at the San Francisco Zoo has been a daily frenzy of circle swimming by all of the 52 birds at once. The penguins start swimming in circles early in the day and rarely stop until they stagger out of the pool at dusk.""

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  1. Word Association by ahknight · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw the headline and immidiately thought "Linux and Apple?" Sad, I know.

  2. Re:2.4.42.pre1 by shadowbearer · · Score: 3, Funny

    RTA. This behavior wasn't shown by them until a new group of penguins was introduced to the pool. It's apparently some kind of "copycat" behavior.

    Although I agree with you about strange primate behavior :-) Some of them even sit and stare at moving images on electronic devices for hours at a time ...

    Heh.

    SB

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  3. I've got the same problem... by Muad'Dave · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wake up in the morning, drag myself to work, go home exhausted, and do it all over again, day after day. I don't even get free fish!

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