An update on the two giant pandas, Yang Guang and Tian Tian, which have taken up residence at Edinburgh Zoo. A rockhopper penguin has been staging a dirty protest about the celebrity treatment the pandas have been receiving. Shunning the traditional method of smearing faeces on the wall of one’s cell, the penguin has been defecating on the panda fans, from a height, as they queue to get a glimpse of the black and white bears.
The BBC reports that the protest is a result of burning jealousy. The penguins, which were once the darlings of the zoo circuit, are now considered to be washed-up, jaded, old birds. Since the arrival of the pandas, they have been staying up all night drinking, reliving the faded, halcyon days of the seminal penguin parade. Once considered to be conscientious, house-proud animals, the penguins now sleep all day amongst the empty bottles and over-flowing ashtrays, without even rousing at the offer of a fish.
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| Rockhopper penguin: furious, smelly and spoiling for a fight |
Hope is not lost for the ‘deviant’ penguin though. Good fortune arrives in the unlikeliest of disguises. In the final seconds, the film cuts to one of the pandas which looks like it is has died a sad and lonely death on the decking of its enclosure. With no pandas hogging the limelight, the penguins would be superstars once again. Failing that, an offer of a place on I’m an Aquatic, Flightless Bird Get Me Out of Here! might be forthcoming.
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