Picture: Peter Chadwick. Three African penguins peck at a white-breasted cormorant that has trespassed into their colony on Robben Island, South Africa.
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Gentoo Penguins at the London Aquarium are presented with a Fishmas Dinner by waiter Tom Pockert…
Picture: John Stillwell/PA (via Pictures of the day: 19 December 2012 – Telegraph)
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There are two gay male penguins who have paired off at the Odense Zoo in Denmark.
The cute couple badly wanted to have a baby of their own.
Keepers spotted them at times trying to steal other couples’ eggs!
During brooding season they apparently tried to incubate a dead herring!!
A zoologist said:
“[The two] seriously wanted to stay with an egg.”
Ya think?! Ha!
Well their miracle came when a female laid two eggs and rejected one.
After successfully practicing on a fake egg the same-sex couple was given the egg to incubate.
It hatched with no problems and is now a cute baby penguin!
Congrats, dads!
[Image via Ard Joungsma/Odense Zoo.]
Photograph by Paul Nicklen
Emperor penguins are Olympian swimmers, capable of diving to 1,750 feet and remaining underwater 20 minutes on a single breath. “I was mesmerized by their beautiful bubble trails,” says Nicklen, who braved 28°F water to capture these images.
(via Emperor Penguin Picture — Underwater Wallpaper — National Geographic Photo of the Day)
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A zoo employee presents the first offspring of African penguins at the zoo in Hanover, northern Germany. The penguin was born on Sept. 8 and named Sean-Michael.
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Cape Town, South Africa: African penguins gather to keep warm at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds. Photograph: Schalk van Zuydam/AP
