Galapagos penguin, Galapagos Islands. Photo: David Bate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI am sure you are all getting things ready for New Year’s Eve so I want to thank you for taking 2 minutes out of your schedule to check out today’s Wild Fact.\u00a0 I wanted you all to know that I still haven’t figured out my scheduling issues with my blogging platform.\u00a0 This means that my posts may be published earlier or later depending on my schedule.\u00a0 Thank you for bearing with me while I try to figure out the glitches.<\/p>\n
I bet when I said I would devote this week to animals of the Galapagos you were not expecting a post about a penguin.\u00a0 Believe it or not the Galapagos Penguin is able to survive at the equator.\u00a0 It is the furthest north that a penguin species occurs. This is a small penguin that stands at 16 to 18 inches and weighs about 5 pounds. I guess the biggest question we have for this little penguin is how can it possibly survive on the incredibly warm Galapagos Islands? Luckily, the Humboldt current brings cooler temperatures from the deeper parts of the ocean.\u00a0 This cool water is vital in the survival of the Galapagos penguin.\u00a0 As well, this particular penguin has evolved a couple of adaptations to surviving the heat.<\/p>\n
Obviously going into the water seems like the quickest and smartest way to cool off. I know that is what I would do!\u00a0 But when that is not an option the Galapagos penguin will stretch out its flippers while hunching over.\u00a0 This keeps the sun from shining directly on their feet.\u00a0 The penguin has a lot of blood flowing to their feet which means that the heat will be lost at these extremities.\u00a0 This is the same logic as to why our mothers always made us wear a hat while playing outside in the winter.\u00a0 I guess not entirely the same since our mothers were trying to keep us warm but still the same principles.\u00a0 If this method isn’t working well enough then they take a page from man’s best friend. Believe it or not these little birds will begin panting as the evaporation from the throat and airways will help with cooling the penguin.<\/p>\n
I guess the biggest thing to take from this post is if you love penguins but hate the cold then take a trip to the Galapagos so you can have the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n
Now go out and bring in the New Year!\u00a0 Be safe and have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am sure you are all getting things ready for New Year’s Eve so I want to thank you for taking 2 minutes out of your schedule to check out today’s Wild Fact.\u00a0 I wanted you all to know that I still haven’t figured out my scheduling issues with my blogging platform.\u00a0 This means that my posts may be published earlier or later depending on my schedule.\u00a0 Thank you for bearing with me while I try to figure out the glitches. I bet when I said I would devote this week to animals of the Galapagos you were not expecting <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,406,403,4025,404,405,4027,258],"yoast_head":"\n
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