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Protest over LinuxWorld Penguins

Posted by sengan on from the do-we-like-penguins? dept.

Here is some more info about the live penguins which appeared at Linux World. Some participants complained about the penguins' small cage and stress due to the number of people around.

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  1. Jackass Penguins for chrissake! by pjones · · Score: 3

    Those little buggers are jackass penguins from South Africa. In earlier times on the Cape, they were threatened by extinction because they were too social and too unafraid of humans. Hundreds of them would eat garbage then surround human camps honking like jackasses (they are very loud) demaning more food until some mad sailor unable to sleep went out and whacked a few hundred (I am not condoning this behavior). I ran into a little colony of maybe 25 in SA back in 1996 and they were completely unfraid of humans still (these were wild jackies).
    They are thought in SA (as I hope my tale tells) to cause stress--not have much stress themselves.
    Remind you of any humans in open source?

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    Certified Black Helicopter Pilot *** Unwitting Dupe of One World Gov'ment