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Penguins seem to spend a lot of time standing around?

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Ive been looking at some penguin webcams (from zoos) and ive noticed that the penguins seem to spend most of their time just standing around or lying down. Check out the edinburgh zoo penguin cam if you want to see what i mean. They almost never move around their enclosure. Is that normal?

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Watch Now: Penguins mail their Christmas letters to Santa at UK zoo

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Cincinnati Zoo names new penguin chick 'Rose' in honor of Betty White's 'Golden Girls' character

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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What the Owl Knows is organized into nine chapters: introduction, adaptation (including vision and flight), research and researchers, vocalization, courtship and breeding, roosting and migration, cognition, and two chapters on owls and humans–captive owls (not zoos, educational owls) and owls in our cultural history.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

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At the same time, reading When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers , edited by Susan Fox Rogers, set me wondering about viewers’ reactions, especially New Yorkers who have never seen an owl outside of a zoo or a picture book. But–is that it? A sense of ourselves in the world that is nearly inexpressible.”

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. Thankfully not extinct: Western Crowned-Pigeon ( Goura cristata ) at the National Zoo © David J. For much more, see The history of the Dodo Raphus cucullatus and the penguin of Mauritius (PDF).

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Penguins: The Ultimate Guide — A Review by a Penguin Groupie

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Last month woodpeckers, this month penguins. None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. They are software mascots, cartoon characters, animated film dancers, children’s book heroes, zoo celebrities, and documentary film stars.

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