Penguin Web Cam

It's been a while since I updated this site and I apologize.  I've been neglecting my dear penguins.  Well I just came across a web cam from inside SeaWorld San Diego's Penguin Encounter Exhibit and thought I would share it.

Penguin Webcam | SeaWorld San Diego

Enjoy!

National Penguin Awareness Day 2012

January 20th is National Penguin Awareness Day.  And with such movies as "Happy Feet" and "March of The Penguins" these little guys are very well known and liked.

But did you know there are several species of penguins that are threatened and even endangered?  The Galapagos and African penguins are two species that are endangered while the Southern Rockhopper, White-Flippered, and Humboldt penguins are just a few of many threatened.

When you look at pictures, there are always hundreds and even thousands of penguins just hanging out on the ice so you would never think of them as endangered or threatened.  So why are these flightless birds in danger of becoming extinct?  Well for one, pollution and global warming are destroying their natural habitat and food sources.  Another reason, oil spills and even oil just being dumped into water are hurting penguins.  And believe it or not some people kill penguins for their blubber, since their skin has a very high fat content.

The Galapagos Penguin

So let's bring awareness to the situation and save out dear penguins.  One easy way to save these little guys is to reduce pollution.  Not only will that little deed go a long way for penguins but for our environment and other species as well.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Saw this at the World Market.  Too bad the picture is blurry.  Boo.

Spotted: Penguins in Berkeley, CA

Thanks to my sister for this picture of the mother and son duo. 

Taken "at some nerdy game shop in Berkeley"

As noted in the picture's caption, the penguins were spotted at a game shop.  But the more I think about it, why is a game shop selling stuffed animals?

It's kind of like this one video store in downtown San Diego.  Not only is it a video store but also a tanning salon!  Now I'm not sure if the video store/tanning salon is still around but I always thought it was just a really odd business combination.

Baby Penguin Meets the Rest of the Colony

For the first time since she hatched on September 12th, Seaworld San Diego's newest emperor penguin was taken into the penguin encounter exhibit to meet the rest of the colony.

The chick is being gradually introduced to the adult penguins every day.  Once she is big enough, has water proof feathers and is ready to swim, she will be joining the group.

Oh my...that's a lot of penguins

She is being raised in the park's penguin nursery

The penguins waddled over to meet the baby

Seaworld San Diego's Baby Penguin

Look how tiny she is in the second picture. I want one.

Seaworld San Diego's first baby emperor penguin in 8 years

The baby penguin hatched September 12, 2010.  She weighs two pounds

She eats six times a day.  A special diet of ground up fish, vitamins, and minerals

Paulo Pinguino

This "penguin" figurine comes all the way from Chiapas, Mexico.  My boyfriend got it for me while he was there for a week long human rights program.  I guess a kid made it himself and was selling it.  The kid said this clay figurine was a "pinguino", which is penguin in Spanish, but I question whether this little guy really is a penguin.  He has the facial features and ears of a cat but the wings of a penguin.  And what's that hump on his face?  It's not a nose because that red circle is his nose.  I'm not trying to discredit the kid's artistic skills because he made an elephant and it actually looked like an elephant. But I just can't figure out if he really is a penguin and if not, what he is?

Is he?  Or isn't he?