Penguin Baby Booties

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Good news on Southern Rockhopper penguins

Scientists reported in September that the population of Southern Rockhopper penguins on Isla Noir, the most important colony for the Eudyptes chrysocom family in all of South America, has risen to 316,000. This is a highly positive sign, given the significant drop in the species' population in previous decades.

Best known for their large, yellow crests, the Southern Rockhopper has been able to live on Isla Noir in relative isolation due to the heavy rain and winds that are typical of the island.

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Windup Swimming Penguin Toy

Windup Swimming Penguin Toy

Give this penguin a good wind up and watch him swim around the tub, sink, or pool.

This penguin swimmer is approximately 2.5 inches long.

Albino penguin

This is Snowdrop, the albino African Penguin, born at Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England.

No other zoo in the world has an albino penguin and only two or three have ever been reported in the wild.

Snowdrop died in August 2004.

Penguin Pastries

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World's Largest Penguin: Cut Bank, Montana

To commemorate its hometown's status as the coldest town in the United States, this concrete penguin was constructed in 1989. At 27 feet tall and a solid five tons, it beckons to passersby from its spot in front of the Glacier Gateway Inn, a furniture-shop-turned-motel.

The penguin talks (when its speaker works), bleating out the slogan, "Welcome to Cut Bank, the Coldest Spot in the Nation!"

Penguin Humidifier

Crane Adorable Humidifiers, 1 Gallon Ultrasonic, Penguin

This cool mist ultrasonic humidifier offers refreshing air to dry rooms. With its friendly design and cute penguin look, it's a perfect fit for any child's room.

Very huggable

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Happy Penguin Wallpaper

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Penguin Screen saver

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Little Penguin

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And the Penguin goes to …

Major Megan McClung of Coupeville, Washington, has touched the hearts of many people, for many different reasons. As a public affairs officer in Iraq in 2006, she organized the Marine Corps Marathon for those Marines overseas taking part in Operation Iraqi Freedom. She was part of the Marine Corps family, the Naval Academy family and the family of the running community. She was killed on Dec. 6 by a roadside bomb last year in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. This year at the Marine Corps Marathon, a new award was given in her honor: The Penguin Award.

Somehow Megan had gotten her hands on “The Penguin Chronicles,” a series of articles written by John “The Penguin” Bingham, who currently writes for Runner’s World. In Bingham’s articles, he lends human qualities to a penguin that runs for the joy of it rather than for a first place medal. Megan’s mother said she really must have taken that to heart when she organized the Marine Corps Marathon competition in Iraq in 2006.

“She called and asked us to send her a stuffed penguin,” said her mother, Re.

Since the penguin, named Paul, was going overseas, McClung’s parents decided to cut him orders and ship him off “military style.” That penguin was awarded to the final finisher in the marathon in Iraq, symbolizing that even though that runner crossed the finish line last, he’s still a winner because he didn’t give up.

This year that tradition carried on to the marathon in Washington. read more ...

The honorable penguin

Celebrating Halloween: Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire dressed as Mumble, the world's worst singing penguin, and her husband, Mike, costumed as Loveless the Guru, another penguin.

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Bad feather day...

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Yikes! Be careful out there!

The Daily Mail is showing astonishing pictures taken by nature photographer Paul Nicklen, which show a leopard seal hunting for penguin meat along the edges of Antarctic ice.

Unfortunately for the penguin shown above, the seal has found its prey.

The ice-hoppers

Photo by Maria Stenzel. Her comment, "I was shooting from the boat, on an unusually calm, sunny morning. Weaving among the icebergs, we could see chinstraps everywhere, many of them perched on the ice, resting from feeding or, in the case of juveniles, probably just hanging out. They are incredible athletes, able to scale the steepest of slopes, digging into the ice with their crampon-like claws."

The South Sandwich Islands are home to the world’s largest colony of chinstrap penguins. Every summer, two million or so pairs arrive on the island of Zavodovski. They immediately start mating and laying eggs. This gives them time to raise their chicks before winter. They fatten the chicks on krill, small prawn-like crustaceans in the sea, before winter comes and the ocean freezes over.

Entry in Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Video: The Madagascar Penguins

The Madagascar penguins.

Wooden Penguin Walker

Wooden Penguin Walker

Place the penguin on the top of the slide and watch the penguin walk down the ramp.