Penguin Chicks

Two of our four Magellanic Penguin chicks this year being pulled to fish school. Animal Keepers, Brenda Melton and Quinn Brown give us some insight into why all of our penguins go through fish school.

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[RuthAnneThompson]

Hi, was wondering why you have them in the first place? Why are they there? Ruth Anne

[SFZoo]

The San Francisco Zoo is a non-profit with our mission to connect people with wildlife, inspire caring for nature and advance conservation action.

The zoo's collection is used to advance that mission, by sharing amazing wildlife with our visitors.

[tsnicarao]

I WANT THAT JOB!!!

[CherryDrop89]

Why DON'T people like them?!

[rlfps]

@tsnicarao yea that would be an amazing job :P i love penguins hehe ^^

[larkie998]

Hmm i think that one baby penguin at the beginning... it doesn't look like it wants to take over the world like the other penguins.. adorablleeeee

[AnimeFreak43511]

did you know penguins have alot of pride which is why it's hard for them to trust humans

[Liolar43]

I wanna penguin. D=

[iamsosogay]

lol, i thought she said 'ban', i was wondering how do you ban a penguin? exile it? lol

[orcafun2007]

Not ot mention-- they smell... BAD.

but they are very interesting.

[cromicus]

They're gregarious, so a single penguin living by himself would be very unhappy. You'd probably have to get a bunch of them (like 15-20), and taking care of them would probably be a full-time job.