Blog About Animals » penguin http://blogaboutanimals.com The Weird, wonderful and everyday world of animals Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:36:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Penguin swaps tuxedo for wet suit http://blogaboutanimals.com/2008/penguin-swaps-tuxedo-for-wetsuit/ http://blogaboutanimals.com/2008/penguin-swaps-tuxedo-for-wetsuit/#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:25:26 +0000 admin http://blogaboutanimals.com/?p=29 An aging African penguin at the California Academy of Sciences has been experiencing the same problem that many old gentlemen go through. He is going bald!

Penguins rely on their waterproof feathers to keep warm so sadly this smart little man wasn’t taking the chance and was left on the side whilst his friends played around in the pool. Plus he had been being picked on by his supposed friends and had lost his alpha male status!

So what did the biologists do about it? They designed him a nice, dashing wet suit. Now he is back swimming and is not being picked on anymore. A happy ending all round.

I found this great little video on You Tube showing him in action.

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