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The penguin gained weight and could not button his clothes. Photo by Fan Xiaolin
Last night, Nanjing ushered in the first snow of 2023. This afternoon, two 3-year-old little penguins from Nanjing Underwater World walked out of the venue to enjoy the snow, attracting many tourists to take pictures of the "goose scene" without taking pictures of the snow scene.
Pose facing your phone. Photo by Fan Xiaolin
The Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter rushed to the underwater world to see two penguins wearing red and blue festive Tang costumes walking swaggering in the snow in the eastern suburbs, and from time to time swinging "section" to tourists' mobile phones.
The two penguins swing and swing for festivity. Photo by Fan Xiaolin
Underwater World staff member An Qi told reporters that the two penguins are Papuan penguins, because of their eyes with a triangular pure white markings, also known as "white-browed penguins" by many young tourists. Its mouth is bright red, the soles of its feet are orange-red, with a black tuxedo-like shape, and its cute walking posture, it looks very gentlemanly, so some people also call it "gentleman penguin".
Don't shoot snow scenes, shoot goose scenes, photo by Fan Xiaolin
This afternoon, the outdoor temperature in Nanjing was about minus 3 degrees Celsius. Staff told reporters that this temperature is "friendly" to Papuan penguins, similar to its usual temperature in the venue. The reporter noticed that one of the penguins in a red Tang suit was not buttoned. According to An Qi, in the 2021 Dragon Boat Festival, the underwater world welcomed 4 little penguins 1 and a half years old, named "Pingping", "An'an", "Xixi" and "Lele". The two penguins that came out today are "Pingping" and "An'an", one female and one male. Perhaps because of the suitable living environment, the little penguin has gained weight, doubled its weight compared to when it first came, and now weighs almost 10 pounds.
According to reports, the main food of Papuan penguins is springfish and Antarctic krill, and a penguin can eat more than 20 springfish a day.
The penguin gained weight and could not button his clothes. Photo by Fan Xiaolin
Interestingly, although Papuan penguins belong to birds, they cannot fly, but are the "fastest birds" and the "fastest swimmers" in the ocean, with an average swimming speed of 27.4 kilometers per hour, while other penguins generally swim at about 18 kilometers per hour, but its dive time is very short, on average only about 1 minute, but sometimes Papuan penguins will also dive to a depth of 100 meters, and the time can also be kept within 1.5 minutes, you can imagine how fast the speed is.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News Reporter Fan Xiaolin Text/Photo Video