World Penguin Day - 25th April - today!

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WORLD PENGUIN DAY

Observed the world over on April 25th, World Penguin Day recognizes one of the unique birds on the planet.  There are 18 species of penguins, and all their natural habitats are in the Southern hemisphere.

Did you know the Emperor Penguin is the biggest of the 18 penguin species and largest of all birds? There are estimated to be (2017) approximately 595,000 adult Emperors today, and from birth, they spend their entire life around the Antarctic ice. These wondrous critters also incubate their eggs like other birds; only they can do so in temperatures nearing -50 degrees Celsius - that's cold!

Emperor Penguins are the tallest... about 4 feet tall. The smallest, Little Blue, stands about 16 inches. And Penguins are excellent swimmers with the fastest penguin swimmer getting up to about 22 mph.

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WORLD PENGUIN DAY HISTORY

National Penguin Day began in 1972 when Gerry Wallace wrote the event on his wife's (Aleta's) calendar in Alamogordo, California. They later brought the celebration to the Naval Weapons Center in Ridgecrest, California where the Penguin Patrol made the news. April 25th is also the date that the Adelie penguins begin their migration northward toward Antarctica.

 

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  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,049 Championing
    edited April 2024
    I hope it's OK to tag @chiarieds so she sees this - I was actually thinking of her the other day and that I haven't seen her about for a while. I hope she's OK :blush:
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 10,513 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Haha, I was about to write a post about this! Thanks @WhatThe :)
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    Just got back from a week's holiday with my son & his wife & did of course wear my penguin pyjamas! - a belated Happy World Penguin Day :)
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 10,513 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Hope you had a fab time @chiarieds what a perfect day to get back. ;)
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,155 Championing
    Thank you Albus - we had a great time, tho Shadow missed me. Appropriately we had snow yesterday morning!!
  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 10,513 Scope Online Community Coordinator
    Oh wow, I've not seen snow in years! Shame you missed it, but I'm sure the getaway was worth it. ;)
    (I bet Shadow is wanting all the attention today!)

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