Police are investigating a bizarre zoo killing after a penguin was found with its head cut off in its enclosure in Germany. Image shows the decapitated penguin at the Rostock Zoo, Germany, undated photo. The animal was spotted on Tuesday morning, Aug. 29, 2023. (Newsflash) Shocked keepers at Rostock Zoo,…
A 104-year-old grandmother from Connecticut has fulfilled her lifelong dream to hold a penguin. Bertha Komor’s dream came true with the help of her caregivers and the organisations Mystic Aquarium and Twilight Wish CT. Bertha, who admits she is yet to figure out the secret of her long happy life…
https://youtu.be/koX9xGrvSuo An Austrian zoo has welcomed the first African penguin offspring almost one year after its parents were brought from the Netherlands. The new fluffy African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) chick hatched in the Salzburg Zoo in Austria after its parents moved into their newly built enclosure at the beginning of…
A US zoo is celebrating their first successful hatch of a rockhopper penguin in more than a decade after giving a fertile egg from a clumsy pair to a couple who proved more competent parents. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9HxoJpXa0I Saint Louis Zoo/Newsflash Although rockhopper penguins are one of the most common penguin populations,…
This is the moment a tour guide films the first white penguin ever to be spotted in the Galapagos Islands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9U1WSBg-eA&feature=youtu.be Jimmy Patino-PN Galapagos/Newsflash The rare penguin was filmed by guide Jimmy Patino at the Punta Vicente Roca site located on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands while he was…
