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Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa (www.bbc.com)
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[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 92 points 3 months ago

The penguin is okay, that's the only thing important here.

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago

First thing I checked the article for.

[-] modifier@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 months ago

And that’s why I came here before potentially seeing something that would make me sad in the article.

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 57 points 3 months ago

Should have tariffed him better

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 months ago

Apparently the penguin wanted a say in whether or not it was being deported

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

The birds are fighting back

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 30 points 3 months ago

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[-] Lembot_0001@lemm.ee 30 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

-- FOR THE GREENLAND, MOTHERFUCKERS!
-- We're not Americans. It's Africa...
-- AGAINST THE APARTHEID, MOTHERFUCKERS!
-- We don't have apartheid anymore...
-- JUST FUCK YOU, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

[-] match@pawb.social 5 points 3 months ago

-- TAKE ELON BACK RIGHT NOW, MOTHERFUCKERS

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 3 months ago

See, penguins were never meant to fly

[-] sundray@kbin.earth 3 points 3 months ago

And he was drunk!

[-] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The penguin, which had been placed in the box and on the lap of a passenger, slid off and knocked the pilot's controls just after take-off from **Bird Island **

take-off from **Bird Island **

[-] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

1000052166

[-] andybytes@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago

The authority said that "the lack of secure containment for the penguin" was responsible for creating the "dangerous situation".Hahaha

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago

So was it Kowalski, Rico, Skipper, or Private?

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago

"Ooh, look, a button!"

"Huh? Private, don't!!!"

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

I'm going to be a pedant, and point out it was an unsecured box, with a penguin in it, which knocked the controls.

[-] snuggledick@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah but would the box have slipped without the penguin in it? We need more penguin box experiments I think.

[-] D_C@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Could this be a Schroedinger's penguin situation?

[-] Bernadette@lemy.lol 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah but unsecured box doesn't generate clicks

[-] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

they were probably trying to steal the penguin... so they got what they deserve

[-] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

in a box for pets, rather than proper cage conservationist use, definitely stealing it.

[-] PacMan@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

And Grounded Linux was born on this day

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 months ago

it's because franklin sherman wasn't there to point out the plotholes

https://youtu.be/3ENLigFHadY

this post was submitted on 10 Apr 2025
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