Too Cute Tuesday
“Magellanic Penguins were named after the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who was the first to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean in the mid-1500s through what is now called the Strait of Magellan. A temperate species, Magellanic Penguins are usually about two to two-and-a-half feet tall and weigh between six and fifteen pounds when fully grown. Their closest relatives are the other temperate penguin species: the Galápagos, Humboldt, and African Penguins” (Aquarium of the Pacific).
Check out the Aquarium of the Pacific and Explore.org’s Penguin Live Cam!
(photo courtesy of Aquarium of the Pacific on Facebook.)
