Penguins Bathing

The Humboldt penguins morning routine is probably like your own. They wake up, eat breakfast, and wash up. This video shows how the Milwaukee County Zoos Humboldt penguins splash around and preen (clean their feathers) to get ready for the day. This routine was captured the morning of Dec. 27, 2008, by Britton Jones. He works in guest services for the Zoological Society of Milwaukee. Jones, who studies conservation and environmental science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, loves to visit the Zoo on a day off. Though the penguins may look silly, they arent trying to be. Theyre doing the same things they would do in the wild. Humboldt penguins are found along the coasts of Chile and Peru in South America.