— The Associated Press, reporting on GOP candidate Newt Gingrich getting bitten by a penguin during a St. Louis zoo visit; he was in town to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting. Depending on your political affiliation, this tuxedoed attacker may now join the ranks of TIME’s Top 10 Evil Animals.
In what has to be the most entertaining live animal cam we’ve seen, the Discovery Channel has set up an intimate 24-hour camera at the “Penguin Encounter” exhibit at SeaWorld San Diego.
The escaped penguin has spurred a hunt so large that the zoo is now appealing for the public’s help in tracking down the bird, though they caution against attempting to wrangle it.
Here’s your sad animal story of the day: Happy Feet, the emperor penguin who famously washed ashore in New Zealand, has gone missing and his trackers are fearing the worst.
The beloved emperor penguin is finally on his way home after a three-month detour to New Zealand.
The call of the wild led emperor penguin “Happy Feet” 2,000 miles from Antarctica. Now, after some human pampering, he’s heading home.
Can’t Happy Feet, the now-famous New Zealand penguin, catch a break? In a trying turn of events, the poor bird can’t even get back home to Antarctica without a special permit.
It seems letting “nature take its course” may have proved a dangerous turn for little Happy Feet.
Navigating between Antarctica and New Zealand seems obvious from the air. But what about from underwater? Or as a penguin?
A first grader fights for both his life and those of penguins.
