Posted 07 October 2011 - 02:13 PM
An unusual
roadkill.
The Dutch text translates to:
"Near Den Oever in (the province of) Noord-Holland a seal has been killed in a collision. The animal was crossing the Afsluitdijk from the North Sea to the IJsselmeer and was hit by a lorry.
The driver probably didn't notice the accident, another motorist called the police. Staff of a seal sanctuary in Noordwijk have taken the corpse to a
seal sanctuary in Pieterburen for examination.
According to Zeehondencrèche Lenie 't Hart it's a 1.60 m long, rather skinny animal. It climbed the dike from the
Wadden Sea and had crawled under the trafic barrier onto the motorway.
They claim seals do that every now and again, but only in cold winters."
"Are there penguins this tall?" (man waves hand at knee height)
"Yes."
"And this tall?" (waves hand at hip height)
"Yes."
"And this tall?" (waves hand at shoulder height)
"No."
"Damn, so it
was a nun I ran over."
regards,
Hein
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