Wild Sea Little Penguins
We went to the Melbourne Zoo today to see the new 'Wild Sea' exhibit. The exhibit includes sand dunes, a variety of sea creatures, including seahorses, and a deep wave pool for the seals, but for me the most exciting exhibit was the Little Penguins. The new penguin exhibit includes a long and a deep pool with varying water currents which the penguins enjoyed as they flippered their way from one end of the pool to the other. It was fantastic to get face to face with the curious and friendly birds as they swam right up to us, they appeared to be having as much fun checking us out as we were watching them. The penguins were vocalizing excitedly with short yapping noises, a sound I hadn't heard them make before. I was amazed at the sea green colour of their feathers which lay flat and scale like, streamlining their bodies as they zipped through the water. The exhibit also has sand dunes with tunnels leading into 'burrows' in which the penguins will lay eggs during the breading season, it will be interesting to see what this brings.
Penguin faceFlipper
Full flipperSea green penguin