Humboldt penguins are cute little suckers, and their playful nature is enough to overlook the fact that they like to nestle up in poop and have spiny tongues. While these 9-pound birds with flight complications call the rocky shores and cliffs of Peru and Chile home, they also have an award-winning habitat here in Seattle.
The Woodland Park Zoo scooped up its fifth award for exhibit excellence from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums this week for its Humboldt Penguin Habitat.
The birds' home - described as having "dramatic vantage points, shoreline cliffs, a cerulean, rocky tide pool, rolling, crashing waves, and a beach" - sounds pretty awesome. However, the authentic aesthetic qualities of the exhibit were not the only factors that caught the judges' eyes. The habitat is the world's first sustainable penguin exhibit, featuring geothermal warming and cooling as well as eco-friendly water filtration.
Sharing this year's Exhibit Achievement Award with Woodland Park is the Oregon Zoo down in Portland, who were singled out for their impressive Predators of the Serengeti showcase.
The new accolade is the perfect reason to check out the Humboldt Penguins and the 300 other species of animals that call the Woodland Park Zoo home. The gates will be open from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. through the end of the month.
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