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Penguins are so smol?? I thought they were tall like at least maybe 3' or so. But they're less than our own knee height??
Depends on the species of penguin. There are some big ones as well as little guys! Also that penguin might be on the younger side, given that it seems pretty curious about the world.
I'm not a marine biologist though, so treat this with a grain of salt
In the nature it's strict forbidden to touch pinguins, becaise it destroys the plumage impregnation and insulation, which has deadly consequences for the pinguin in the Water and with an harsh climate. Because of this you never will see scientifics doing it. Different in Zoos.
This picture looks like it isn't in a harsh climate. We generally think of penguins living in the polar ice caps, but there are several species that live in warmer climates. Based on the sandy beach here, I'm guessing this is one of those.
I'll never forget visiting a zoo in North Dakota in the summertime and it was so uncomfortably hot even for humans to be walking around and they had penguins on display at the zoo and the indoor area was closed so they had to be outside on display and they were all huddled together in a corner in the shade trying to escape the oppressive heat and it was breaking my heart. There was a pool there outside for them to swim in, but the pool was in the sun and it was just so friggin' hot outside. Poor little guys.
Wow, that's messed up. I don't know if there's an authority they could be reported to, but that sounds abusive.
Also known as Little Penguins in a rare case of extremely apt naming 😁
Birch Aquarium in San Diego has a little blue penguin live cam of these guys! They are really cute.
https://aquarium.ucsd.edu/cams/penguin-cam
They have a bunch of these lil fellas at the Cincinnati Zoo, and they are doubly cute in person. Just saying.
Emperor penguins are big, like 4' iirc, but are the largest species. Most penguins are more like the size of an ordinary bird like a duck or a goose or whatever
They go from being the size and weight of a liter of yoghurt (the aptly named Little penguin) to as tall as a zebra and as heavy as a Rottweiler dog (Emperor penguins)
Emperor penguins get up to 3' but those are the largest species, the others range in sizes but most aren't that big
Viking_Hippie said penguins can be as tall as a zebra and weigh as much as a rottweiler. What is the truth?
No, those are the rare penguinosas, which is a misnomer as they are more closely related to the giant puffin