Gentoo Penguin Parade by Nick Hooker
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#Penguins at the Kansas City Zoo
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At the Kansas City Zoo, they know how to chill.
The Helzberg Penguin Plaza was competed in 2014 and cost $15 million. The exhibit features four types of penguins: Humboldt, King, Genstoo and Rockhopper. The 13 warm-water penguins have an area outside in which to play, while the cold-water penguins are kept indoors in an area that is constantly 45 degrees. There are about 50 penguins in the inside exhibit, where they have an area to lounge as well as swim as they would in their natural habitat, said marketing and communications manager Sarah Gay.
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What Happens When You Strap a Camera to the Back of a Penguin? (video)
Published on Aug 3, 2015
A day at the zoo takes on a whole new meaning in this shortfilm made by animals. Action Cams by Sony were mounted on
the four-legged, winged and furry residents of a zoo to show
us what it’s like for the creatures watching the humans that
are watching them.
How it was made:
Various harnesses were customized to attach the Action Cam
to penguins, lemurs, tortoises and a rhinoceros. A remote
control boat allowed the camera to see from a crocodile’s POV
while an indestructible box kept it safe in the powerful hands
of the gorillas. One camera even survived a head toss by a
rhinoceros which made for some interesting footage as well.
See how Move was made and other Never Before Seen films at http://www.sony.net/neverbeforeseen
Fishery Closure Supported Robben Island #Penguin Recovery
03 August 2015The results, which are published in the Royal Society Journal Biology Letters, indicate that even small 'no-take zones' can dramatically improve the survival chances of endangered species.
The African penguin population is in freefall, with adult survival rates over the last decade desperately low. Although the ban on commercial fishing off Robben Island has boosted chick survival, the long term prospect for the species remains gloomy.
Dr Richard Sherley from the University of Exeter said: "One of the major challenges of conserving a mobile species like the African penguin is that once they leave a protected area they are subject to outside pressures and dangers, including poor prey availability.
"Our study shows that small no-take zones can aid the survival of African penguin chicks, but ultimately commercial fishing controls must be combined with other management action if we are to reverse the dramatic decline of this charismatic species."
African penguins feed on sardines and anchovies but fishing of these species off Cape Town is considered to have contributed to a 69 per cent reduction in penguin numbers between 2001 and 2013.
The species' worsening conservation status led to experimental fishing closures around four colonies between 2008 and 2014. These were earlier found to reduce penguin foraging effort but a beneficial impact on demographic parameters had not been demonstrated before this study and so the benefits of the closures have been the subject of much debate.
Although this study has shown that the fishery closure around Robben Island has improved chick survival, if the current fishing pressure exerted on sardine in particular continues on the west coast there will still not be sufficient food to allow the penguin population to recover.
Seabirds will often respond to a scarcity of food by skipping or abandoning breeding, opting not to re-lay after losing clutches of eggs, or reducing the amount of food brought to the chicks leading to slow growth, poor chick condition and mortality through starvation. African penguins have shown all of these responses in recent years.
1501 nests were monitored at Robben Island between 2001 and 2013 to determine chick survival rates and a hydro-acoustic survey was carried out to estimate sardine and anchovy biomass.
Top image credit: © Davide Gaglio
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Sunday, August 2, 2015
San Francisco Zoo penguins graduate from 'Fish School'
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) --
The march commemorates the penguins' graduation from what the zoo calls "Fish School." Zookeepers teach penguin chicks how to swim, accept food from staff, and eat whole fish.
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Saturday, August 1, 2015
Who doesn't love a penguin chick? (video)
13 WTHR Indianapolisxxx
Aug 01, 2015
Osaka, Japan -
A cuddly baby penguin is drawing crowds at an aquarium in Osaka, Japan. The long-tailed Gentoo penguin was born July 20th. The chick weighs almost one pound and measures 6 inches tall.
Baby penguins usually spend their first weeks hiding their heads in their mother's tummy. This is the third penguin born this year at the zoo.
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A cuddly baby penguin is drawing crowds at an aquarium in Osaka, Japan. The long-tailed Gentoo penguin was born July 20th. The chick weighs almost one pound and measures 6 inches tall.
Baby penguins usually spend their first weeks hiding their heads in their mother's tummy. This is the third penguin born this year at the zoo.
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Nose pegs handed out at Chessington Zoo due to penguin poo smell
Guests given free pegs at tourist attraction
By Roshina Jowaheer, Aug 1, 2015
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Staff at Chessington World of Adventures Resort's zoo are handing out free nose pegs to visitors because their new penguin enclosure has an unbearable stench.
Customers at the tourist attraction have been complaining about the fishy smell and zoo staff were quick to come up with a solution.
Not only do the flightless birds consume huge quantities of the fish but they use their faeces - or guano - to line their nests, which is adding to the odour and causing a number of disgruntled guests to moan.
Now thanks to the introduction of brightly coloured pegs, visitors can enjoy the resort's new Penguin Bay without the undesirable smell.
Jamie Mainds, Zoo Experience Supervisor at Chessington World of Adventures, said: "We have had a few comments from our guests going through the new walkthrough about the fishy smell - especially during feeding time!
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