Lucky Penguin

I just discovered that although penguins may be lucky, they sure can be dumb.

Case in point … It was snowing and icy as heck in German’s Muenster Zoo, and Penguin #459 decided to take a stroll. After all, it WAS weather she was used to.

Well, as resourceful as she was, the zoo keepers lost track of her until a visitor spotted her in … of all places … a lion enclosure.

She had wandered into a lion’s den. LIONS!

Here’s where the “lucky” part comes in: The lions weren’t going to step outside where the weather was freezing, so they stayed indoors where it was warmer, snoozing the day away. Good thing too, because it took practically a whole day for her keepers to get her outta there.

How? Herrings. A trail of herrings did the trick.

The penguin minder has given her a name: “Leona.” Me? I would have called her “Danielle.”