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King Penguins on the beach at Volunteer Point.
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Can't complain that the sun was shining brightly yesterday, but unfortunately this Humboldt Penguin was facing the sun and I did a great job of blowing out the white feathers : )
"There are 10 Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) at the Zoo. The status of this species is IUCN Red List: Vulnerable. Current Impacts on their numbers are El Niño and La Niña weather patterns, predators, tourism, competition with fisheries, habitat change. Humboldt penguins groom their feathers before breakfast. They rub oil from a gland at the base of the tail into their feathers and the edges of their wings. Humboldts also groom each other. This species digs nesting burrows in thick deposits of seabird guano (droppings)."
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A penguin with a beak that has taken a beating. Not sure what caused it, but the other penguins had beaks that seemed to be fine. Taken at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo.
Adelie Penguin at Cape Evans. For licensing see:
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These tableaux are a familiar sight in many zoological museums. Penguins are always delightful, even when they're stuffed.
Magellanic Penguins on Leopard beach, Carcass Island, the Falkland Islands.
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Male African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) (also known as the black-footed penguin or the jackass penguin) in the Cape Fynbos section of Africa Rocks, San Diego Zoo.
Conservation status: endangered
"It's your turn to look after the chick!" King Penguins with chick at Volunteer Point.
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Adelie Penguin at McMurdo station in the Ross Sea.
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King penguins at Volunteer Point.
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The Galapagos penguin is able to survive on the equator due to the presence of the cold, nutrient-rich Humboldt Current from Antarctica. One of the rarest penguins in the world, this example was seen at Post Office Bay on Floreana Island.
Nothing like this couple enjoying a little bit of sun to illustrate how I feel on Sundays...
Magellanic penguins at Ushuaia, Argentina.
Happy Sunday!
Volunteer Point, Falkland Islands.
`March of the Penguins` seemed a little flat, so I pepped it up a little.
Volunteer Point is notable for having about 150 pairs of king penguins that breed there, at the most northerly part of their range, and hence the most accessible to tourists. King penguins were once nearly extinct in the Falklands but thanks to new conversion efforts they are now beginning to thrive.
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. The number of penguin species is debated. Depending on which authority is followed, penguin biodiversity varies between 17 and 20 living species, all in the subfamily Spheniscinae. Some sources consider the White-flippered Penguin a separate Eudyptula species, while others treat it as a subspecies of the Little Penguin;the actual situation seems to be more complicated. Similarly, it is still unclear whether the Royal Penguin is merely a color morph of the Macaroni penguin. Also eligible to be a separate species is the Northern population of Rockhopper penguins.[2] Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. At least 10[verification needed] species live in the temperate zone: one; the Galápagos Penguin; lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands.
Wikipedia, Penguin, 2008
"and he says tae me, "Are you wan o' thay Macaroni Penguins?" So ah says "Dae ah look like a bliddy Macaroni Penguin"? and he says "Aye" then ah says to him "Bolognese sauce tae you pal hae anither look ya great eejit, a'm a Rockhopper"! Then ah hopped right aff! Tourists they ken nowt"
Mavis replied "ah wouldna hae believed a word unless you hae telt me yirsel Betty, och ah bet he wis frae Barnton, fur coat an nae knickers that lot!".
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The Adelie Penguin is common in the Antarctic region. The French explorer, Jules Dumont d’Urville, named them after his beloved wife, Adele.
Adelie penguins are mid-sized most being between 18 and 30 inches in length, and weighing 8 to 13 pounds each.They have a distinctive white ring that encircles the eye and feathers at the base of the bill. These long feathers hide most of the red bill. The tail is a little longer than other penguins' tails. Their appearance is closest to the stereotypical image of penguins as mostly black with a white belly, looking somewhat like a tuxedo.
Adélie penguins breed from October to February on shores around the Antarctic continent. Adélies build rough nests of stones; two eggs are laid, and incubated for 32 to 34 days by the parents taking turns (shifts typically last for 12 days).
They are highly social creatures, moving and remaining in groups. When they encounter other colonies, or species of penguins they are aggressive toward them. They are said to have a temperament similar to a human children, petulant and selfish.
Taking from the species around them, they eat mostly krill, Antarctic silverfish, ice krill, Glacial Squid and Sea Krill. Over the centuries they have gone from eating fish to krill out of necessity and availability.
They may look cute, but don’t let them fool you. When they are confronted with other penguins or prey they have no problem becoming aggressive in nature. They are a social creature and also enjoy the monogamy of a relationship that keeps them forging forward and their species healthy throughout evolution.