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Post by QueenFoxy on Apr 27, 2019 10:20:04 GMT -6
 Who is a penguin's favorite family member? Aunt Arctica! We kid! But seven of the 17 species of penguins can be found on the southernmost continent.
Here are 20 more fun facts about these adorable tuxedoed birds. ~ |
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 11, 2019 8:49:17 GMT -6
I do believe hat could hapen, Rick.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 11, 2019 8:51:35 GMT -6
15. Despite their lack of visible ears, penguins have excellent hearing and rely on distinct calls to identify their mates when returning to the crowded breeding grounds.  |
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 12, 2019 4:23:40 GMT -6
They would have to have good hearing to hear their mate in the masses of other penguins.
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Post by Vicky G on May 12, 2019 4:58:30 GMT -6
Yes indeed, penguin colonies are incredibly noisy.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 12, 2019 8:11:53 GMT -6
I feel sure they are very noisy.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 12, 2019 8:18:11 GMT -6
16. The first published account of penguins comes from Antonio Pigafetta, who was aboard Ferdinand Magellan's first circumnavigation of the globe in 1520. They spotted the animals near what was probably Punta Tombo in Argentina. (He called them "strange geese.")  ~ |
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 13, 2019 5:37:53 GMT -6
Very strange geese! He was obviously a better navigator than wildlife namer  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 13, 2019 10:13:14 GMT -6
LOL!! Right on, Rick.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 13, 2019 10:16:52 GMT -6
17. An earlier, anonymous diary entry from Vasco da Gama's 1497 voyage around the Cape of Good Hope makes mention of flightless birds as large as ducks.  |
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Post by Vicky G on May 13, 2019 12:01:38 GMT -6
LOL - apparently they are not very edible either and secretly I'm glad of that. |
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Post by susan on May 13, 2019 13:33:46 GMT -6
10. Similarly, most species are also loyal to their exact nesting site, often returning to the same rookery in which they were born.  alot of other birds do that as well and also they mate with the same year after year not birds but animals too, so susan |
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Post by susan on May 13, 2019 13:34:53 GMT -6
12. In some species, it is the male penguin which incubates the eggs while females leave to hunt for weeks at a time. Because of this, pudgy males— with enough fat storage to survive weeks without eating—are most desirable.  i have heard that too about other birds and in seahorses the daddy carries them, susan |
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Post by susan on May 13, 2019 13:36:13 GMT -6
Ha, the opposite of our culture. Doves mate for life, maybe they are cousins. Two ducks big enough to be geese, used to stop by for a week for food and drink and left bright green doo doo floating in my pool. No worse then them damn dirty crows. It's a lot of work, and less fun the older I get. The only penguins I don't like, are the Pittsburgh penguins. lol..... susan |
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Post by susan on May 13, 2019 13:37:11 GMT -6
14. If a female Emperor Penguin's baby dies, she will often "kidnap" an unrelated chick.  wonder if that's where people got that idea from |
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 14, 2019 5:31:40 GMT -6
Yes ... a good thing the penguins did not look edible to the voyagers.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 14, 2019 12:30:43 GMT -6
18. Because they aren't used to danger from animals on solid ground, wild penguins exhibit no particular fear of human tourists.
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 15, 2019 5:14:36 GMT -6
This can be a bad thing if the wrong people show up.
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Post by Vicky G on May 15, 2019 13:12:17 GMT -6
Yes indeed I have read reports from wildlife parks where occasionally a penguin has gone missing. I just love them to bits, they have character. |
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 15, 2019 15:32:59 GMT -6
I think it is good for wildlife to have a healthy fear of mankind. Most people are kindly toward animals of all kinds, but not all of them feel that way.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 15, 2019 15:35:55 GMT -6
19. Unlike most sea mammals—which rely on blubber to stay warm—penguins survive because their feathers trap a layer of warm air next to the skin that serves as insulation, especially when they start generating muscular heat by swimming around.  |
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 16, 2019 5:20:36 GMT -6
A mammal with warming feathers, cool.
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Post by Vicky G on May 16, 2019 8:00:19 GMT -6
Fascinating.
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Post by susan on May 16, 2019 10:18:53 GMT -6
nope, i agree not a good thing to not be afraid of humans.....but, still
susan
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 16, 2019 12:19:05 GMT -6
20. In the 16th century, the word penguin actually referred to great auks (scientific name: Pinguinus impennis), a now-extinct species that inhabited the seas around eastern Canada. When explorers traveled to the Southern Hemisphere, they saw black and white birds that resembled auks, and called them penguins.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 16, 2019 12:23:32 GMT -6
And this concludes our study of penguins. Hope you enjoyed it and maybe even learned something.  |
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See you all more tomorrow. Happy Friday/weekend everyone 
