Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2008

Nils Olav, a king penguin on the Norwegian King's Guard , was bestowed a knighthood for simultaneously defusing an IED while taking out a machine gun in Iraq. For the King's Guard was about to award a knighthood to what was already the world's most decorated penguin The King's Guard has adopted the penguin at the zoo.

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Norway Penguins Ostriches Iraq 100

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. ” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2018

And Great Tinamou gets knocked from its taxonomic top spot (a position that it has held since day 1) by the Common Ostrich. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor.

2018 100

2018 Australia Los Angeles Albatross 100

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NOVEMBER 3, 2018

African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Sparrows 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2018

African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018 113

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 113

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AUGUST 4, 2018

African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018 101

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Common Ostrich – Struthio camelus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Yellow-eyed Penguin – Megadyptes antipodes. Katiki Point Penguin reserve. Little Penguin – Eudyptula minor. African Penguin – Spheniscus demersus. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens. Ardastra Zoo & Gardens.

2018 100

2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100