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[Madeleine Harrier]

HappyWorld Penguin Day! My name is Dan Clady, I am the Senior Biologist in charge of penguins. Thank you for joining me on this special Takeover Tuesday. Every day, I take care of the almost 50 penguins in Penguin Palooza.

Feeding penguins is my favorite part of the day. Our flock of penguins eat about 65-pounds of fish every single day, 365 days a year. We hand feed them herring. They also eat ocean smelt and silver sides whenever they want.

I give the Macaroni penguins and Gentoo penguins rocks to build a nest. The igloos in this picture are for the Rockhoppers. They prefer grasses instead of rocks. I leave the rocks and igloos in there all year, it helps the penguins pair-bond for when breeding season comes around. Late fall, the Macaroni, Gentoo, Rockhopper and Chinstrap penguins all breed. The King penguins lay their eggs around Christmas time.

To learn more about all of the species of penguins at Newport Aquarium, and how we, along with other AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums are working to save species, read our previous World Penguin Day blog post here.

Emperors are the biggest of the 18 species of penguin found today, and one of the largest of all birds. They are approximately 120cm tall (about the height of a six year old child) and weigh in at around 40 kg, though their weight does fluctuate dramatically throughout the year.

Emperor penguin colonies have been discovered and counted from space. For the last 15 years, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have been looking for new colonies by searching satellite imagery for their guano stains on the ice. They have discovered a number of previously unvisited colonies and counted every individual penguin. There are now 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the coastline of Antarctica, with exactly half having been discovered by satellite imagery.

Emperors feed mostly on Antarctic silverfish as well as other species of fish, krill (like Will & Bill from Happy Feet) and some squid. An adult penguin eats about 2-3 kg per day, but on a good day they can eat twice this much to build up their store of body fat for the long winter, or for feeding their chicks.

Male emperor penguins will not eat for up to four months, from the time they arrive at the colony to breed until the egg has hatched and the mother returns to feed. They lose almost half of their body weight during this time. They need to rely entirely on the reserve of body fat that they built up during the summer feast to survive the long winter.

Emperor penguins can climb steep ice cliffs and have been known to breed up on ice-shelves, if the sea ice below fails. In 2013, British and Australian scientists discovered two emperor penguin colonies on ice shelves at Barrier Bay and Larsen C, with a further two temporary colonies on the Shackleton and Nickerson ice shelves. This may be a useful adaptation strategy as Antarctica warms due to climate change, but it might not help them in the long term, if the fast rate of warming continues.

ET arrived at the MRZ in 1995, and she has been an integral member of our penguin colony since. Penguins are monogamous and will mate for life. She has outlived two of her mates at the MRZ, and her current mate is Einstein. ET and Einstein have their own private space so she can spend her senior years without any penguin drama.

ET is in good health considering her age. Like most elderly penguins, she has arthritis for which she receives medication. She also has impaired vision, but her quality of life is strong. She eats well and still loves to swim. ET is a favorite of our staff and guests, and she receives lots of love and care.

Your adoption will help protect penguins in the Antarctic and help fund our vital work around the world. When you choose an animal adoption, you are supporting both your chosen animals as well as wider work to help bring our world back to life.

Animal adoptions like yours give a huge boost to our work. They not only help fund projects to monitor penguins and their movements and see how they're being affected by climate change but also fund our other vital work around the world.

Emperor penguins are the largest living penguin and breed the furthest south of any penguin species. Breeding colonies are found around the coast of the entire Antarctic continent. Emperor penguins may be the only bird never to set foot on land as their colonies are on the sea ice and they even breed on frozen sea. To keep warm, up to 5,000 adults and chicks can huddle together, shuffling round so each gets a turn on the outside.

We offer free delivery but ask you to consider helping to cover postage with an optional 3 donation taken at checkout. This means more of your gift can go towards supporting your adoption animal and our wider work.

Yes, you can adopt a penguin with WWF. Donations from penguin adoptions go both directly to support penguins, as well as to fund our wider work to protect nature and our planet. Adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with different species. By adopting a penguin, you will be supporting a whole group of penguins, rather than one individual.

You can adopt a penguin with WWF from just 3 a month if you pay via Direct Debit, or with a minimum one-off payment of 36. To adopt a penguin with WWF, select your donation amount on the widget, click 'Adopt Now' and then complete your donation via our secure online checkout.

You can adopt a penguin with WWF from just 3 a month via Direct Debit, or from just 36 via a one-off payment. Your money could go further if you pay by Direct Debit as this supports our long-term planning and helps keep our administration costs down.

When you adopt a penguin with WWF, 50% of your donation will fund programs of work that directly support penguins while the remaining 50% will fund other projects that need it most. After adopting a penguin you'll receive a welcome pack including an optional toy and note from the WWF team welcoming you on board. We'll keep you updated on how you're supporting our vital work by sending you three adoption updates a year.

Penguin adoptions help us; work with fisheries to ensure sustainable fishing practices are upheld; raise awareness of the threats of climate change affecting penguins; improve management of Antarctica's resources to safeguard wildlife.

Adlie penguins are classified as of the least concern, however in parts of their habitats where climate change is established their populations have shrunk by as much as 65% in 25 years. Emperor penguins are classified as near threatened - and populations have declined by as much as 50%. The biggest threat to both of these species is climate change.

No matter how awkward it is, every penguin must return to land. Each year penguins forsake the sea and struggle ashore to mate and lay eggs. Rockhopper penguins climb 90 foot cliffs to their nest; Adelies travel 3,000 perilous miles to breeding colonies.

David Malakoff is a journalist covering research discoveries and the politics of science for SCIENCE MAGAZINE in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in a wide range of venues, including THE ECONOMIST, THE WASHINGTON POST, and ABCNews.com.

Fiordland crested penguins also find only enough fish to feed one chick, yet they always lay two eggs and a month later there are two healthy chicks, but one is little more than an insurance policy.

Penguins vary quite significantly in size, from the large emperor penguin, reaching heights of over 1m, to the little blue penguin, coming in at just over 30cm tall. In ancient times there were even giant species of penguin that grew almost 2m high and weighed 80kg!

World Penguin Day takes place during the annual northern migration of Adlie penguins, a species of penguin that is native to Antarctica. Adlie penguins migrate north to have better access to food during the winter months when the sea ice expands and then, during the summer, return to the coastal beaches of Antarctica to build their nests.

This annual celebration of penguins was created at McMurdo Station, an American research center on Ross Island. Researchers noticed that the Adlie penguins began their migration around this day each year, and so they founded World Penguin Day as a way to mark the occasion and raise awareness of these creatures.

Penguins spend up to three quarters of their lives out at sea and are reliant on the oceans for food. Overfishing and pollution such as plastic and oil spills therefore pose a real threat to these birds and have contributed to decreasing populations, which in turn has a knock-on effect on the wider ecosystem. And for those species based in the Antarctic (the emperor penguin and the Adlie penguin), climate change is shrinking the sea ice, which not only impinges on their habitat but can also impact chick hatching times and the availability of food.

World Penguin Day encourages people to appreciate these amazing animals and take note of the plights they face. Penguin lovers may choose to help make a difference by working to protect the ocean, prevent pollution and tackle climate change, for example by advocating against the burning of fossil fuels.

World Penguin Day is the perfect chance to learn more about these fantastic and fascinating creatures. Read up on the different species of penguin around the world and dig out some fun facts to share with your friends and family. Documentaries are a great way to see these animals in action, so why not check out a classic such as March of the Penguins, which follows the grueling trek of emperor penguins in Antarctica, or Penguins, which sees Steve, an Adlie penguin, start his own family and overcome a variety of perils.

To develop the fictional New England town of Cana, Garrard conducted research on many facets of colonial life: the regional colloquialisms and terminology, the native flora and fauna of the time, clothes, food, drink, and even erotica. Below find some of the items that appear in the book:

This was the kind of cup used in Sabbath services in the 18th century. In the article linked below assistant Professor Carla Cevasco says of it: "Made to be touched, the communion cup both facilitated contact between bodies and formed a body of its own...The Dixwell cup was designed to be handled by large groups of people, without any spilling of wine; however, the sheer delicacy of the handles (likely replaced at a later date) still encouraged users to grasp it carefully."

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