Press Release – Last of the Baby Penguins to Longleat
These images, taken
this yesterday, are of the last Penguin chick (aged 11 days) due to
leave the Isle of Wight this evening to join the other hatchlings at
Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire. Sixteen chicks were bred at Seaview
Wildlife Encounter this spring especially for the new Humboldt Penguin
exhibit at Longleat - due to open later this year. The chicks will be
hand-reared over the next 12-14 weeks at which time they’ll be fully
grown and ready to feed independently. Director, Lorraine Adams, said:
“It is a pleasure to have been selected to breed and supply our Humboldt
Penguin chicks to such a prestigious and well-known Safari Park”.
The Penguin Camera is located on Torgersen Island (64°46’S, 64°04’W), off the coast of Anvers Island and less than a mile from Palmer Station. Torgersen Island is home to a colony of Adélie penguins numbering approximately 2,500. This camera is seasonal and operates primarily from October to February, the Adélie breeding season. The camera is solar-powered and may sometimes experience brief outages due to inclement weather. School classrooms and other educational demonstrations will often take control of the camera, moving it to gain better views of the colony.
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