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rose_cat ([personal profile] rose_cat) wrote2016-01-26 02:17 pm

Penguin Awareness Day…

…was on the 20th. (oops) But here’s your penguin-palooza.

1.


Humboldt penguin chicks, only a few days old, hatched at Chester Zoo in Chester, England
Chester Zoo’s Penguin Chicks Named After TV Icons
(more pics)

2.
Keeper Zuzana Matyasova gets a little "help" with the annual stocktaking from Humboldt penguins at London Zoo, London, England
London Zoo begins annual animal census


3.
African blackfooted penguins, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, USA
Monterey Bay Aquarium Tumblr


4.
Adelie penguin diving from an iceberg, Antarctica
Photo by Tim Davis


5.
Adelie penguin defends its nest from a hungry skua, Cape Royds, Ross Island, Antarctica
Penguins 1--Skuas 0
(entire pic sequence)

6.
Humboldt penguin
ITV documentary
The Zoo
GIF by Marinus at Head Like an Orange Tumblr


7.
Adelie penguin chick molting, Antarctica
Photo by Frans Lanting


8.
King penguin, Gold Bay, South Georgia Island
Photo by Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART


9.
Emperor penguin pair with their chick, Snow Hill Island, Antarctica
Photo by Linda Drake


10.

Video is two minutes, thirty seconds

11.
Penguin Pool, London Zoo, London, England, 1934
Designed by architect Berthold Lubetkin


12.
Twenty-eight-year-old African penguin Opus gets art therapy, Dallas Zoo, Dallas, Texas, USA
Masterpieces from the Animal Kingdom


13.

Video is one minute, fifty-four seconds

14.
Two-day-old African penguin chick, Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Photo courtesy of Georgia Aquarium
2015 Penguin Chicks Are Here!


15.
The original photo is from this Reddit post: My brother made a curious friend in Antarctica. The OP explains it in the comments section, and one of the commenters supplies the macro.

16.
Penguins enjoying the new bubble machine at Newquay Zoo, Newquay, England
It’s a bubble bath at the zoo!


17.
BOINGY BOINGY BOINGY!
Rockhopper penguins, The Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands
Photo by Laura Crawford Williams
Winner in the 2006 Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards, Animal Antics category


18.
Macaroni penguin pair, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island
Photo by Suzi Eszterhas


19.
Gentoo penguin, Antarctica
Photo by Natalie Bowes


20.
Miracles of Evolution

21.

Rockhopper penguins at Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens, chasing a butterfly
Video is one minute, four seconds


Also posted to [livejournal.com profile] randompictures and [livejournal.com profile] splodefromcute

[identity profile] julchen11.livejournal.com 2016-03-19 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Awww, so beautiful. All of them but the colours of the King penguin are amazing. I didn't know all of them so thank you so much, my dear.
Love this post.
*hugs*