Penguin Awareness Day 20 January 2026

chiarieds
chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,338 Championing
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Today is Penguin Awareness Day as it coincides with the Antarctic summer, but they are also found in South America, Australia, New Zealsnd & South Africa as well as the Falkland Islands. The Galapagos penguin is named after where it is found in the Galapagos Islands on the Equator, so they are the most northerly penguins & the only tropical penguin.

https://rememberanimals.com/penguin-awareness-day-2026/

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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,429 Championing

    I think penguins are fantastic creatures

    They are one of natures wonders

    They are very hardy but they are truly wonderful

    I love them so much

    Thank you for putting this on here @chiarieds

    I never knew this fact but i do now

    So truly wonderful of you to post about this

    So thank you

  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 3,562 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Thank you for sharing this @chiarieds. I never knew that about the Galapagos penguin, how interesting!

    Me too @Strawberry1, they are so cute!

    Has anybody seen the Penguin Parade at Edinburgh Zoo?

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,338 Championing

    https://galapagosconservation.org.uk/galapagos-penguin-facts/

  • Biblioklept
    Biblioklept Online Community Member Posts: 568 Trailblazing

    Awwwww I love penguins!! ๐Ÿง๐Ÿง

    And this explains why yesterday my social media feeds were filled with penguins! I saw so many little videos of them running and it's just so cute! Penguins really cheer me up ๐Ÿงโค๏ธ

  • SmellyBin
    SmellyBin Online Community Member Posts: 280 Empowering

    Yay penguins! This topic made me re-read Away with the Penguins by Hazel Prior and the 2nd installment in this series about Veronica McCreedy. There is also a third book, but haven't got that one (yet perhaps).

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