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The kororā (little blue penguin) I saw in New Zealand at the most fantastic rehabilitation center at Christchurch airport.
All of the inhabitants are unable to survive in the wild and are being very well cared for. It was amazing.
Apex predator?
Adelie don’t care.
Penguins just haven’t been around humans enough to avoid them, like most mainland animals learned the hard way.
If seeing this doesn’t delight you, you’re a monster. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. You’re a monster.
Penguins are so smol?? I thought they were tall like at least maybe 3’ or so. But they’re less than our own knee height??
Depends on the species of penguin. There are some big ones as well as little guys! Also that penguin might be on the younger side, given that it seems pretty curious about the world.
I’m not a marine biologist though, so treat this with a grain of saltm
Emperor penguins get up to 3’ but those are the largest species, the others range in sizes but most aren’t that big
as the other comment said, depends on the species
like look at this fella
i like this video about themThey have a bunch of these lil fellas at the Cincinnati Zoo, and they are doubly cute in person. Just saying.
Birch Aquarium in San Diego has a little blue penguin live cam of these guys! They are really cute.
In the nature it’s strict forbidden to touch pinguins, becaise it destroys the plumage impregnation and insulation, which has deadly consequences for the pinguin in the Water and with an harsh climate. Because of this you never will see scientifics doing it. Different in Zoos.
This picture looks like it isn’t in a harsh climate. We generally think of penguins living in the polar ice caps, but there are several species that live in warmer climates. Based on the sandy beach here, I’m guessing this is one of those.
Also known as Little Penguins in a rare case of extremely apt naming 😁
Emperor penguins are big, like 4’ iirc, but are the largest species. Most penguins are more like the size of an ordinary bird like a duck or a goose or whatever
They go from being the size and weight of a liter of yoghurt (the aptly named Little penguin) to as tall as a zebra and as heavy as a Rottweiler dog (Emperor penguins)
Their round shape and their lil flappers and their pose is just perfect so adorable
They’re predators, but they’re the “I’m adapted to hunt in one environment but I hang out in another” kind of predator, so they’re these amazing fish seeking torpedoes in the water, but they’re these delightfully ridiculous footballs in dinner jackets waddling around on land. And they’re licensed under the GPL which is always cool.
That penguin is saying “Hey hoomans! Get off my lawn!”
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