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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review

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Penguins here! <pause> There are few bird names that will elicit great big smiles and Penguin is one of them. I’ve been fortunate to see two Penguin species in the wild (African and Galapagos) and have dreamed of seeing more–maybe even all! <pause> Do I have your attention now?

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Kings County Brewing Collective: Penguins in Space

10,000 Birds

Such is the case with this week’s beer, Penguins in Space by the Kings County Brewers Collective of Brooklyn, New York. Maybe the point is that penguins are comical? Even the word “penguin” is a bit silly. But all that regal cred comes undone with one glance at the clownish Macaroni Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysolophus ).

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

10,000 Birds

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. King Penguins heading out to feed, Macquarie Island (beginning of book). The introductory Penguin Who’s Who introduces each species visually.

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SeaWorld Orlando’s Antarctica Welcomes First Penguin Chick

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On November 30, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first chick to hatch at Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, the all-new attraction featuring a colony of more than 250 penguins from four species – king, Adelie, gentoo and rockhopper. Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin transports guests into the icy world of the penguin like never before.

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African Penguins in Peril

10,000 Birds

But there is one Cape bird that stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to character – the African Penguin. An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. All it takes is a trip to Boulders Beach in Cape Town to get up close and personal with these comical penguins.

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Achoo! Antarctic Penguins Are Catching Bird Flu

10,000 Birds

That is, the penguins—in this case, Chinstrap Penguins like the one photographed above by Christopher Michel (Wikimedia Commons), and Adélie Penguins —don’t actually seem to be getting sick from avian influenza virus (AIV). The news that bird flu is spreading to Antarctica isn’t quite as dire as you might expect.