Photo Credit: Doug Kjos

Found in Wild: costal islands off southern and southwestern Africa

• Only three of the 18 penguins species live exclusively in the Antartic area; the others live in temperate sub-tropical or tropical regions.

Size and Description:

• Grayish-black, white chest, with a black horseshoe shaped band across the chest and down sides to feet
• Height: 18 inches tall
• Weight: 6-7 pounds
• Short legs, webbed feet and flippers

• Spend half its life at sea
• Called Jackass Penguin because of its bray-like call
• Eats only under water in wild
• Cannot swim while molting. All feathers lost at once.
  Must live on body fat for 2-6 weeks.
• Lives 18 years in wild, 25 in captivity.
• Predators are seals, octopi, sharks, and large fish.
  Eggs are prey to birds and small mammals
• Pool: 56 feet long, 5 feet deep
  Throughout the summer, the temperature of the pool averages about 70 - 80 degrees.
• Our penguins need temperature of 40 degrees or warmer.
• The colored bands are for identification
• Greatest threats in wild are marine pollution, commercial fishing, and humans gathering their eggs.