Dead baby penguins

7.20.2008

I mean, come on, there is no way to make that title sound worse. That's Mumble from Happy Feet washed up on the shore.

According to Discovery Channel News, this year in Brazil more than four hundred young penguins have been washed up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. Suspects in the case: global warming creating rougher ocean conditions, overfishing causing the penguins to swim into more dangerous territory, and pollution from the offshore Campos oil field covering the penguins.

And with the discovery of an 8 billion barrel deep water field and President Bush vowing to lift bans on offshore drilling, Mumble doesn't stand a chance.