Archive for the 'Penguin' Category

It's World Penguin Day!!

Woo!!!

What? You didn't know it was world penguin day?!

Well it is, and it's a magical day! According to the Ian Somerhalder Foundation:

Penguins are one of the animals where's it is basically impossible to make them any cuter.

You can dress 'em up, but that would look just silly.

Lipstick is definitely not an option.

But the one thing that CAN make 'em cuter is when you tickle the fuzz out of 'em!

Especially a rescued penguin because those precious creatures could definitely use some fun in their life!

Check out a rescued penguin get tickled by watching the video (above) !!!

Yay!

Connecticut’s Mystic Aquarium has announced the birth of two African baby penguins!

The chicks hatched on February 1 and February 10 and are growing VERY quickly.

No word yet on what gender the baby penguins are. That can only be determined by a given DNA test when they are about six months old.

African Penguins are an endangered species, and their breeding is managed by the Species Survival Plan. And obviously they are dong one heck of a job!!!

Want to see the penguins grow??? Click here and you can watch them from a live webcam!

See LOTS more pictures of the adorable baby penguins (below) !!!

[Image via Mystic Aquarium.]

This is so sad!

A penguin made a trip of over 1,000 miles, leaving his native Antarctic home and swimming all the way to New Zealand!!

He was found on Tora beach, on the coast south of Wellington.

When the little guy, nicknamed Happy Feet Jr., was found, he was dehydrated, starving and suffering from kidney failure.

HUMANS?!?!?! What are THEY doing here!?!?!?!

A colony of 9000 penguins…count it…9000 PENGUINS…made its first contact with humans when a group of explorers found them in Antarctica.

Expedition leader Alain Hubert and two others rode snowmobiles across the icy continent to where they believed the penguins were living. Satellite images caught the colony in 2009 but there was no proof until the expedition.

The penguins were discovered in December and the team recorded video of the Emperor penguins!

Check out this mega colony (above) RIGHT NOW!!!

Other celebs take the easy route, owning a pet cat, a pet dog, or heck…even a pet snake.

Not Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding…she has a pet PENGUIN!!!

The singer adopted her babe, Elvis, at the London Zoo, where he currently resides. The London Zoo offers adoption packs for its penguins for 32 pounds, giving fun facts and welcome letters to new adoptees.

Sarah even had fun teasing Simon Cowell about his love of penguins!

Ok…so maybe they don't sing…but they still know the words…or sounds!

The Magellanic penguins at the San Francisco Zoo have a special treat for everyone as they belt out Jingle Bells for the holidays.

A little bit of editing helps too!

Watch (above) as these cutie wish everyone Happy Holidays!

We ADORE this time of year!