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38 Briefing Zoos had to get animals somewhere. Still trying to find out if it is true or not that Navy chopper pilots in the ’50s, trying to touch down in a whiteout, dropped fluorescent tennis balls to see how far to the deck. Stories. Everybody lies about it now but just before they rotated home to the States, what is true is that turning pilots would set down fast on the shore ice, grab two or three penguins, shove them in a sack, gun it back to McMurdo, walk in late to the debriefing and throw up their hands, who me? Something hinky in the fuel line so’s I had to touch down but don’t you worry I got that bitch hosed out clean. Meanwhile cargo’s in a sealed tank by now, a fist of anchovies, grease pencil marks it science, zip back home, priority handling. Sell every last one. San Francisco Zoo filled an entire grotto this way. ...

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