Penguins vs. landmines ----------- *WARNING* pics

[underpants]

Okay no Warning really needed. Anyway there is this

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050927/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_falklands_mines_1

Penguins find peace in Falklands War minefields

KIDNEY COVE, Falkland Islands (Reuters) - There's a mating ritual going on in the minefield.


Fortunately the would-be lovers are penguins, too light to detonate the deadly mines laid more than two decades ago during a war on the far-flung Falkland Islands.

Thousands of penguins and other feathered and amphibious friends choose to nest and rest in no-go zones. The British estimate that some 25,000 land mines, mostly sown by Argentine forces in the 1982 war with Britain, remain.

Wildlife numbers in the mined areas appear to be on the rise and conservationists cannot hide their enthusiasm about this unorthodox form of protecting lands previously trampled by people or overgrazed by sheep.

[Shell Beau]

1. Yikes!

I hope they are right about them being too light! :cry:

[Zuni]

2. The Falkland War was almost 25 years ago

they still haven't removed the minefields, or blown them up with explosives to prevent future accidents?

[qnr]

3. Hmm, another interpretation of miners/minors - good for them for taking

advantage of the situation.

[MissMillie]

4. Penquin = Bad-ass

It's not widely known, but true nonetheless.

[Love Bug]

5. Make love, not war!