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No, it's not that kind of chlamydia!
Before the gossip mill cranks up and the tabloid press runs wild, San Francisco Zoo officials want to answer the obvious questions raised by the recent deaths of 12 of the zoo's oldest -- and internationally famous -- penguins after aggressive treatment for chlamydia.
What raced through the penguin population was Chlamydia psittaci, a bird disease, not Chlamydia trachomatis, a curable sexually transmitted disease among humans, said Freeland Dunker, senior veterinarian at the San Francisco Zoo.
Before the gossip mill cranks up and the tabloid press runs wild, San Francisco Zoo officials want to answer the obvious questions raised by the recent deaths of 12 of the zoo's oldest -- and internationally famous -- penguins after aggressive treatment for chlamydia.
What raced through the penguin population was Chlamydia psittaci, a bird disease, not Chlamydia trachomatis, a curable sexually transmitted disease among humans, said Freeland Dunker, senior veterinarian at the San Francisco Zoo.
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Even penguins have to go through security :
[World News] FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 21 : Like all other passengers, Pat and Penny had to go through airport security before flying home to Texas -- even if they are a couple of penguins.
They had been in Fort Collins, Colo., for an appearance and were en route home to Sea World in San Antonio when they were released from their portable kennel and allowed to waddle through the airport metal detector.
They made it through without a hitch to the broad amusement of fellow travelers.
The penguins were visiting Fort Collins as part of career week for the kids of Anheuser Busch employees, CBS said. Busch owns Sea World.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
[World News] FORT COLLINS, Colo., April 21 : Like all other passengers, Pat and Penny had to go through airport security before flying home to Texas -- even if they are a couple of penguins.
They had been in Fort Collins, Colo., for an appearance and were en route home to Sea World in San Antonio when they were released from their portable kennel and allowed to waddle through the airport metal detector.
They made it through without a hitch to the broad amusement of fellow travelers.
The penguins were visiting Fort Collins as part of career week for the kids of Anheuser Busch employees, CBS said. Busch owns Sea World.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
This is all very important penguin news. 