Today I had my first attempt in feeding my little darlings!
Penguins are so easily stressed that any tiny change in their environment, such as a new person feeding them will make them nervous and even lead to hyperventilation… adorable right?!
At first I guess the curiosity took over since as I went on their side of the fence they were waddling around me like crazy, then of course they had to realize that I’m a stranger so they took off… two of them however, stayed, Aaron and Maddy if I remember correctly (Im still getting a hang of knowing one penguin from another) they tried to eat from me but were to tense so they never stayed for long enough to get a good grip and swallow the fish 😦
Obviously I’ll have to go in there every time I’m working to make them get used to me and hope that soon they will accept me and let me feed them. They better not take too much time because my life won’t be complete until I get loved by a penguin, that’s for sure.
not the best video, but alice is just soo cute when she waddles like that, Ill have to take some other videos when there aren’t a billion people around me
oh my darlings!
well, hello there
We recently had a brake-up in the center, Nellie broke up with charlie and moved in with Aaron, now charlie spends everyday outside their burrow waiting for her to come back, heartbreaking to see him there!
In this picture you can see how tiny they are in comparison to the legs; when they’re full sized they are 30 cm and only 1,2 kg!
ow, so alone!
Once, a visitor at the Center dropped a bottle cap over the fence, a little penguin ran towards it and put it in its mouth, then she took it back to her burrow and she and her boyfriend would take turns sitting on the cap waiting for it to clutch
the rest of the workday I spent with a little bearded dragon on my shirt and we had a little photo shoot together!
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hahah how cute!
aaah!! well now I have a backup plan if Adam gets tired of me,
If only you could have penguins as pets, then I’d grow old alone in my house filled with penguins and everyone would know me as crazy penguin-lady…. My head is just so full of penguin knowledge I think if I wouldn’t be talking about them endlessly at the penguin center I’d burst!
The penguins that we have at the Rehabilitation Center are so happy there, a few years ago there was a break in at the center and two penguins were stolen, the penguin-nappers however decided to let the penguins go and a few days later when a volunteer was coming to work the two penguins were just waiting outside the entrance waiting to be let back in.
Its wonderful being a part of keeping them safe, when I get rich I’m gonna give them a lot of money to get in more penguins and start a breeding program (now we are sadly not allowed to breed)
well, enough about penguins for now! hahaha next time I’m gonna take some pictures when Im inside with the penguins
-Kat
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