Guests on the National Geographic Journey to Antarctica expedition encountered a rare “white” mutant penguin, (leucistic penguin) waddling its way through the Aitcho Islands. Although the “blonde” penguin, seen at the edge of one of the South Shetland Islands (map), “astonished” tourists, expert P. Dee Boersma of the University of Washington in Seattle, is convinced
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Sad Bald Penguin Story has a Happy Ending
The sad and depressed look on this little guys face almost brings a tear to your eye. This adorable penguin suffered from a rare condition that left him completely bald, which in turn led to his family casting him out when he was born. Wang Dan…who works at the aquarium in Dalian, China, where the
What happens when you put a robot into a Penguin Sanctuary
Technology has literally gone to the birds (yes penguins are birds). So what’s the answer to the age old question of ‘what would happen if you inserted a robot penguin into a penguin sanctuary?’ The popular Japanese show Shimura Zoo, wanted to know the same thing, so they built a robotic penguin (not really they
