Penguins at Scarborough's Sea Life Centre hit the headlines last month when they were given a course of anti-depressants to cheer them up after several weeks of wet weather. Now their owners have the best sign yet that spring has made the penguins happier - they have found a freshly-laid egg.
Breeding is a good sign of penguin pick me up Credit: Scarborough Sea Life Centre
“Our prayers were finally answered and the arrival of spring has
certainly worked its magic on our penguin family,” said Lyndsey
Crawford, a supervisor at the centre. “There is no surer sign that they are feeling chipper again than the resumption of breeding activity.”
The Humboldt penguins pairing up to breed Credit: Scarborough Sea Life Centre
The egg was laid by a female called Pinky and is the first this
spring, although there are signs that another female, called Piglet, may
be about to produce the second. If the eggs are viable it should be about 40 days before the centre hears the patter of tiny penguin feet.
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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