You may have noticed that we have been publishing weekly facts regarding penguins. Here is an easy access archive so you can learn everything there is to know about our flightless friends. Click each link to discover more about our fabulous flightless friends. (do you think I used flightless friends too many times in this paragraph?)
- Penguins are born with two hearts, one of which is made of chocolate.
- All penguins have one leg longer than the other.
- The word penguin comes from the Welsh language.
- Penguins cannot fly, however they can levitate for short periods.
- Penguins have great hearing, but they are tone deaf.
- Penguins are notorious for attempting interspecies breeding.
- Penguins like to drink Guinness.
- Most penguins despise the Rubik's Cube.
- Penguins have been filmed having sex on countless occasions.
- Like humans, penguins identify each other by first names
- Prehistoric penguins were a tall as a man
- Some of the 17 species of penguin live in New Zealand.
- A Cleptarvian Penguinoid has 2 quantarcs.
- Penguins are incredible swimmers
- Some penguins can hold their breath for 20 minutes.
- Penguins eat fish equaling 15% of their body weight each day
- Macaroni penguins are so called because of their bright yellow plumes
- Penguins are physically unable to smile
- If you stood every penguin on the planet end to end the resulting tower would reach Mars.
- The average penguin lives for 15 years
- Penguins do not have August on their calendars
- Because of the weather, emperor penguin chicks are all born in July
- Penguins are immune to leprosy
- Penguins spend 75% of their life underwater, hunting for food
- A group of penguins is known as a parcel
- Baby penguins can't swim because they are not waterproof at birth
- Penguins have an irrational fear of the number 27
- It is physically impossible for a penguin to swim backwards
- Penguins have a built-in biological GPS system
- The penguins portrayed in the 2011 movie 'Mr. Popper's Penguins' were computer generated
- Penguins have no concept of timekeeping
- Penguins have developed the technology required for time travel
- Penguin guano is currently valued at $1.48 per pound
- Penguins don't usually drink beer
- Penguins have never been heard singing Hare Krishna
- Penguins are short sighted on land
- The penguin hierarchy is based on height
- Almost all penguins are color blind
- Penguins don't exhibit sexual dimorphism
- Fewer than 1 in 150,000 penguins are born with their colors reversed.
- Penguins do believe in Santa Claus
- Humans generally don't turn into penguins
- Penguins are neither left handed nor right handed
- The resin in penguin feathers is toxic to many animals
- Unhappy penguins are known to wander from the pack knowing they may freeze to death
- Penguins are regarded as the smartest of all flightless birds
- Penguins are better at weather forecasting than groundhogs
- Penguins used to be huge fans of the winter Olympics
- Genetically, penguin and chicken DNA differs by less than 1%
- There are a total of 17 species of penguin on the planet
- A penguin has never won an Academy Award
- The technical term for the sound of a penguin walking is fapping
- Penguins don't celebrate milestones
- Penguin organ donors have saved the lives of countless humans
- Many penguins have a strong dislike for onions
- Penguins are not known to experience Déjà vu
- Penguins are not known to experience Déjà vu
- Penguins are the only living bilingual bird
- In 1805, a penguin was almost elected Governor of Pennsylvania
- Penguins don't celebrate Cinco de Mayo
- It may not look like it, but penguins actually do have knees
- Penguins were mostly unemployed until 1964
- Most penguins are fans of comedy actor Vince Vaughn
- Penguins don't believe in any form of monarchy
- Penguins always celebrate Johnny Depp's birthday
- Penguins do not play soccer
- Penguins disagree that 'Orange Is The New Black'
- Penguins have proportionately short legs
- Penguins are strangely linked to the Taijitu symbol
- Penguins have webbed feet for propulsion and balance
- Penguins don't take vacations
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