The Vox Box

Tue., Oct. 7, 2008

Got a package!…

There's a new (and unexpected) addition to the cargo holds of numerous flights headed to southern Brazil - penguins.
Slate Photo

Without known reason, these juvenile Patagonian penguins washed up by the hundreds to the shores of northern Brazil - many perishing before treatment was reached. But how do you get that many penguins to the Salvador-based treatment center? - You fly them. (How ironic, right? Penguins don't fly...)

Fitting 23 birds to a box, then fitting them into crates, "the Brazilian government's environmental authority loaded 399 penguins onto a C-130 Hercules transport plane" headed for a rehabilitation center in Pelotas.

These distraught birds are now on a better path...or...flight. Read more about these "flying" birds.

What would you do with these dazed and confused penguins? Any thoughts on the irony here? :D I loved it.

Posted Oct. 7, 2008, 10:46 a.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.