SharkTums Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Truck Crash Spills Penguins on Road MARSHALL, Texas (Aug. 8) - A truck transporting zoo animals overturned Tuesday, spilling about two dozen penguins, tropical fish and an octopus onto an east Texas highway, authorities said. "We had a penguin wreck," Department of Public Safety trooper Richard Buchanan said The driver, Kelly Hodge, and a passenger sustained minor scratches and bruises. The Indianapolis Zoo employees were taking the animals to Moody Gardens in Galveston when Hodge lost control of the truck on U.S. Highway 59, Buchanan said. The penguins were traveling in heavy tubs, which broke open when the truck crashed. Three penguins were killed by oncoming traffic; one died in the crash. Another penguin suffered a broken wing. The octopus and fish were being transported in water-filled plastic bags. The octopus survived, but some of the fish died when the bags burst, Buchanan said. Troopers and workers from the nearly Caldwell Zoo in Tyler helped corral the penguins and rescue the fish, Buchanan said. The penguins were taken to the Caldwell Zoo for examination and then sent on to Galveston by mid-afternoon. "They were doing remarkably well for what they had been through," he said. That's pretty sad. Although I'm picturing all of these exotic fish in plastic bags and the penguins going after them so that makes me a bit more happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benzo41190 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 that has got to be the weirdest looking thing. I mean *crash* then penguins just walking around. This reminds me of when a truck carrying monkey waste crashed and It went all over the road. Man, that stuck because it was near my work. You can still see stains on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazykral10 Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 A moment of silence for any lost animals.......HAHAHA I you're right picturing makes me fell ALOT better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Wes should be pleased that the octopus survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Women drivers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollerholden Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 Aww that's so sad! Poor animals. It probably could have been a lot worse though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I'm sorry, I laughed my ass off imagining hundreds of penguins bringing traffic to a stop!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 I'm sad to hear that some of the penguins died But when I picture how the scene must of looked like, especially when they corraled the penguins up, I do get a laugh out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twister II Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I get a very visual reference of Finding Nemo for some reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnage Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Anyone else find it ironic that penguins were killed in a truck crash in texas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cprocks22 Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 ^Not to mention tropical fish and an Octopus spilled out on the road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Awww, the poor things!! As much as the image of the penguins stopping traffic is somewhat comical, it is a really sad incident, lucky so many of them survived. But really, WTF was this guy thinking, he CAN'T have made the statement "We had a penguin wreck" in seriousness, SURELY not!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 Was the driver Asian in any chance... That would explain a lot... That's just wrong... Poor penguins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyboy Posted August 10, 2006 Share Posted August 10, 2006 I would've ran out there and grabbed a penguin. Kept it as a pet. In all seriousness I feel bad for the penguins that died. "A penguin wreck?" Is that the best way that guy could've described what happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddyboy Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 ^^Well I even admit some asian are not the best drivers and I'm asian... jks It's just a funny streotyping... Try watching Drawn together sometimes... That episode of Drawn Together where Ling Ling gets the glasses where he no longer sees like an asian when driving is frickin amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazykral10 Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I get a very visual reference of Finding Nemo for some reason... OMG i never made that connection but your SO right haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazen_AZN Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 ^LMAO! *wonders if they ever got out of those plastic bags...* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSLSM Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 Time for a BBQ-well sort of Sorry Elissa, but while it is sad that some penguins died, I just find the sight of a bunch of them on a highway pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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