Did I hear correctly? Happy Feet got munched only metres into his first big swim?

[Crasherfromwayback]

in a while? The shark must feel like he dined on caviar the penguine was so expensive.

[Stirts]

So Happy Feet is now Happy Meal?

[Kickaha]

in a while? The shark must feel like he dined on caviar the penguine was so expensive.

When you consider that he hasn't even been released yet I think it unlikely
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5546601/Happy-Feet-release-may-be-delayed-by-storm

[Crasherfromwayback]

Yeah well it's more than likely 'The Rock' being silly then innit!

[scumdog]

Yeah well it's more than likely 'The Rock' being silly then innit!


Just copying an old story involving a couple of penguins and a killer-whale...

[LBD]

Thought is was a seal that was cleaned up for an outragous cost after the Exxon Valdez spill to get chomped 50 from the shore by an orca

[Taz]

He's fitted with a Gps tracker. You can follow his progress here http://www.nzemperor.com/

[FJRider]

He's fitted with a Gps tracker. You can follow his progress here http://www.nzemperor.com/

Or the sharks ... :innocent:

[YellowDog]

Let's face it, penguins don't usually live out long happy years into retirement and the chances are that 'Happy Caviar Feet' is very likely to get chomped within a few hours of being released. Especially as he has now grown used to being fed.

It's called nature/the food chain/the circle of life/the natural order.

Sharks see seals in the same light as seals see penguins.

Brutal, but a fact of a life for sea creatures.


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[Sable]

What a stupid unimaginative name for a fucking penguin.

[scumdog]

What a stupid unimaginative name for a fucking penguin.


Pfft, who cares??

[racefactory]

What a stupid unimaginative name for a fucking penguin.

Watch your language

[nodrog]

I heard he just blew a seal.

[Katman]

Nah, that's just ice-cream.

[Bikemad]

What a stupid unimaginative name for a fucking penguin.

yeah i agree...........a fucking penguin should be called Roger

[Sable]

Watch your language :baby: :motu:

[Banditbandit]

What a stupid unimaginative name for a fucking penguin.

Why bother to name an animal that won't come when it's called ?

[Road kill]

Thought is was a seal that was cleaned up for an outragous cost after the Exxon Valdez spill to get chomped 50 from the shore by an orca

Yeah off the Alaskan coast,,it's probably on U tube,,,Farkin' laugh:o

[mashman]

ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa, they haven't released him yet according to this (http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/10180616/happy-feet-release-delayed-by-rough-weather/)... the weather has been too bad :killingme ... he is a penguin right, and not a little dude dressed up as one?

[YellowDog]

They found Happy Feet :facepalm:

[Big Dave]

Trans-tasman perspective - there's a big shitfight over here about shooting a Magpie that keeps swooping and injuring people.

Didn't go over well when I suggested that smashing the fucker with a cricket bat instead would be more sporting.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Didn't go over well when I suggested that smashing the fucker with a cricket bat instead would be more sporting.

Used to be one at Berhampore Golf Course that'd dive bomb ya. Finally clipped the bastard one day with a pitching wedge.

[Banditbandit]

Yup ... Happy Feet has disappeared . no transmission long long before it should have stopped because the battery went flat ...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Probably whale shit by now

[gatch]

Probably whale shit by now

Probably chilling out on a beach somewhere, eating sand-wiches.

[scumdog]

Trans-tasman perspective - there's a big shitfight over here about shooting a Magpie that keeps swooping and injuring people.

Didn't go over well when I suggested that smashing the fucker with a cricket bat instead would be more sporting.

You Aussies have it tough

Wild pigs rooting your national parks (literally) ? - Don't you DARE hunt them...

Wild pigs invading people having a picnic? - again, no hunting.:blink:

Sheesh, wild pigs were put onto this earth to hunt - why else would they be there. :whistle:

Mind you gun ownership is pretty low over there - and most animals ain't allowed to be shot. (It's a wonder our ducks don't fuck off over there each duck-shooting season - they're not allowed to be shot over in Aussie.

But you weather is mostly warmer so you've got that on us.:D

[Crasherfromwayback]

Probably chilling out on a beach somewhere, eating sand-wiches.

No sand at the beaches he should be hanging at!

[Bald Eagle]

Trans-tasman perspective - there's a big shitfight over here about shooting a Magpie that keeps swooping and injuring people.

Didn't go over well when I suggested that smashing the fucker with a cricket bat instead would be more sporting.

What do you expect from a country that think opposum should be protected ffs.

[Road kill]

You Aussies have it tough

Wild pigs rooting your national parks (literally) ? - Don't you DARE hunt them...

Wild pigs invading people having a picnic? - again, no hunting.:blink:

Sheesh, wild pigs were put onto this earth to hunt - why else would they be there. :whistle:

Mind you gun ownership is pretty low over there - and most animals ain't allowed to be shot. (It's a wonder our ducks don't fuck off over there each duck-shooting season - they're not allowed to be shot over in Aussie.

But you weather is mostly warmer so you've got that on us.:D

I hear there was one of those once in 100 year rain showers in Western Australia,,,lasted two days mate,,,,anyway "all the fucking ducks drowned.

[Big Dave]

What do you expect from a country that think opposum should be protected ffs.

Predators.

[Big Dave]

Mind you gun ownership is pretty low over there

For me and the rest of the 'burb dwellers it's pretty much illegal.

25c and not a cloud today.

[scumdog]

For me and the rest of the 'burb dwellers it's pretty much illegal.

25c and not a cloud today.

Two main reasons I am not off to Aussie like a shot.

Gun ownership

Vehicle modification

It was 1.9C here this morning and the wind went through ya like a knife.f.

[ellipsis]

...my seasonal war on magpies is just heatin' up...six this week...lots to go...posted a photo of about a dozen, hanging off the cocky next doors fence...vlad the impaler, approach...I got some horrible flak from the aussies...they just dont understand....

[skinman]

Back to the penguin....I heard it had been renamed Happy Meal

[Road kill]

Back to the penguin....I heard it had been renamed Happy Meal

Possibly,,,last I heard was some DOC bloke saying the transmiter had probably just fallen off as it was only glued on,,,an here's me thinking they used nails.
Anyway if this is the case then I guess Happy meals turned it off first,,or it simply doesn't transmit from inside a great white.:bye:

[PrincessBandit]

Nah, that's just ice-cream.


yeah i agree...........a fucking penguin should be called Roger

Put these two posts together and I think of Roger the cat from Open Season ("eyeth cweeem" ).


I suppose you have to have seen Open Season...

[FJRider]

Anyway if this is the case then I guess Happy meals turned it off first,,or it simply doesn't transmit from inside a great white.:bye:

Check out the DEPTH of water in those parts ...

[Grubber]

Does this answer your questions?

[Banditbandit]

It was 1.9C here this morning and the wind went through ya like a knife.f.

That's one of the reasons I no longer live on that Island south of Cook Strait ...

[Ender EnZed]

Let's face it, penguins don't usually live out long happy years into retirement and the chances are that 'Happy Caviar Feet' is very likely to get chomped within a few hours of being released.
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Incorrect. An emperor peguin doesn't actually have that many predators and the chances of meeting one where the singal stopped transmitting is not high. Leopard seals don't get anywhere near that far north at this time of year.

The transmitter used is designed to fall off at some point, it seems to have done so earlier than expected. This is by far the most likely senario.

[Big Dave]

Gun ownership

Vehicle modification



Ha! I fired a gun once - in 1978 and I owned the Buell for 5 years and all I did to it was paint the windscreen.

Might upgrade the fork springs on the KLR though. :-)

[SPman]

Mind you gun ownership is pretty low over there - and most animals ain't allowed to be shot. (It's a wonder our ducks don't fuck off over there each duck-shooting season - they're not allowed to be shot over in Aussie.

Nah - we just use cars and bikes to kill the wildlife - if they're dumb enough to run/jump/fly into you, most ozzies will happily oblige........


hmmm - ozzie....rhymes with mossie......whining annoying pesky little sods that need a good slap...........coincidence?........ I think not.......

[Big Dave]

Nah - we just use cars and bikes to kill the wildlife - if they're dumb enough to run/jump/fly into you, most ozzies will happily oblige........


hmmm - ozzie....rhymes with mossie......whining annoying pesky little sods that need a good slap...........coincidence?........ I think not.......

Don't let the door hit you as you are leaving.

[oneofsix]

Don't let the door hit you as you are leaving.

which door? the one you are about to slam in his face? Nah some of us have to stay here to run the infrastructure for the tourists. :shutup:

[Big Dave]

Isn't the Gold Coast NZ's 3rd biggest city - something like that anyhoo - was the gag.

[puddytat]

Im stoked that we have lost transmission from Happy Feet. Just imagine if the thing kept going, we'd have daily updates about his progress on the 6 oclock news....
Happy Feet swum 46.5 ks today...
HF is half way there....
HF nearly @ Antartica...
HF reunited with colony...
HF meets prospective Mrs HF
HF builds a nest...
Mrs HF spits out two eggs....
Shock Horror, HF's eggs predated by roving gang of Skua's
Scientist think Mrs HF suffering from depression
HF & Mrs HF split...going seprate ways...
Mrs HF killed in illegal toothfishing scheme
HF involved in hit & run with Jap whale chaser:bye::violin::crybaby:
National day of mourning declared by John Key, but people reassured by his warm smile.

Thank fuck we dont have to go thru 6 months more of Womans Weekly drivel posing as news:woohoo: