Penguins!

Some kind of sad, and kind of funny, news was on the BBC today.

Apparently, 9 little penguin bodies have been found outside Sydney, Australia mutilated by some sort of canid. That's the sad part.

Little penguins (also known as fairy penguins outside Australia) are pretty darn small, and certainly can't put up a fight against foxes or dogs, SO (here comes the funny part), traps and snipers have been deployed to protect these little guys. Yeah, that's right, SNIPERS!

And people wonder why I like Aussies so much.

I do wonder what the snipers are instructed to do if a predator comes around - are we going to start having Aussies stand up and protect foxes from snipers now? Hmmm....