Brazilian military to aid stray penguins

August 3rd, 2006 Brazilian military to aid stray penguins (AP)

Penguins are seen at the Niteroi Zoo, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006. The Brazilian Air Force on Wednesday said it would help some 50 stray penguins dragged by ocean currents to the warm waters off Rio de Janeiro get back to their icy natural habitat. Brazil began operating penguin airlifts in 2000, returning as many as 100 a year to their natural habitat, according to Lauro Barcellos of the Oceanographic Museum. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

(AP) -- Brazil is staging a military operation involving a Hercules transport plane and Navy ships - all to return four dozen wayward penguins to the icy waters of Antarctica, authorities said Wednesday.



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