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Penguins are so cute. (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2019 OP
Is that why they get their pictures deleted? ProudLib72 Apr 2019 #1
Maybe they are cute, but sometimes they are smelly flyingfysh Apr 2019 #2
Time for this clip again Leith Apr 2019 #3
This an actual thing in New Zealand jpak Apr 2019 #4
I think Cookie is getting aroused LOL N/t TexasBushwhacker Apr 2019 #5
My granddaughter works at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha frogmarch Apr 2019 #6
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2019 #7
Penguins in sweaters even cuter, and there's a real purpose! Totally Tunsie Apr 2019 #8
Thursday April 25 is World Penguin Day Wolf Frankula Apr 2019 #9

flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)
2. Maybe they are cute, but sometimes they are smelly
Fri Apr 19, 2019, 05:22 PM
Apr 2019

The New England Aquarium in Boston has some small penquins living in a pool around the bottom of the central main tank, and people can look down at them swimming around and playing. But they stink! An indoor room is maybe not the greatest place for penguin poop.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
6. My granddaughter works at Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha
Sat Apr 20, 2019, 09:16 PM
Apr 2019

with the animals, including the penguins when it's her turn. I asked her if the Doorly Zoo penguins stink.

She replied:

No, they don't. Henry Doorly has an exceptionally clean penguin exhibit. Every day the keepers melt the snow and scrub the entire exhibit for 2 hours. Then after cleaning and rinsing, they turn on the snow, so the penguins have fresh snow every day. It's actually ice flakes, so they shovel twice a day to spread the snow. They also each dive twice a week to scrub the algae and make it look extra clean as well as doing back washing once a week, water Chems weekly, and stabilizing water pH weekly.

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