Penguin Facts

    7 facts tagged with Penguin Facts

    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    Rescued Penguin Returns Every Year
    In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.
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    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Penguin Poop Seen From Space
    Researchers find new emperor penguin colonies by looking for their poop from a satellite in space.
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    Sir Nils Olav
    Sir Nils Olav
    Norway has a king penguin as Colonel-in-Chief of their royal guard.
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    A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.
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    Penguins have a gland above their eye that turns saltwater into freshwater.
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    When a male gentoo penguin "falls in love" with a female penguin, he searches the entire beach to find the perfect pebble to present to her.
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    Sandy, an African Penguin, has been in 'love' with her keeper at the Nuremburg zoo since 1996.
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