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Travel Bug Dog Tag I'm Lost Help!

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Origin:
California, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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I escaped from the local Zoo so now I'm on a quest to find my home but I don't know where it is because I was born in the Zoo so I hope to ramble around the World to see if I see someone like me! P.S. He doesn't know he is a Penguin!

About This Item

The lost Penguin.

Penguins, which are related most closely to the albatrosses, are the most highly specialized of all birds for marine life. They swim entirely by means of their flipperlike wings, using their webbed feet as rudders. Their stiff feathers serve as insulation, and are waterproof when oiled. Since their legs are set far back on their bodies, they waddle awkwardly on land, and often travel by tobogganing on their bellies over the ice as they migrate—sometimes great distances—each fall to their nesting sites. Underwater they can swim up to 25 mi (40.3 km) per hr as they pursue the fish, squid, and shrimp that form their diet. They do not eat while on land, subsisting on a layer of fat under the skin; this results in weight losses of up to 75 lb (33.8 kg) during the two-month incubation period. Their chief enemies are the leopard seal, killer whale, and skua gull. Penguins are highly gregarious, and a population density of half a million birds in 500 acres has been counted at a colony in Antarctica. There are 17 species of penguins, 10 of which are considered endangered or threatened. The largest penguins, the emperor and the king (3-4 ft/91.5-122 cm in height), incubate their eggs between their feet in a fold of skin. The smaller jackass penguins, Spheniscus demersus, are named for their braying cry, and crested penguins (genus Eudyptes ) are distinguished by yellow plumes on either side of the head. Smallest of all is the little blue penguin, Eudyptula minor, of New Zealand and Australia, which is 16-17 in. (41-44 cm) tall. Other penguins also live in more northerly waters, such as the Galápagos penguin Spheniscus mendiculus, found in equatorial waters.

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Tracking History (6558.3mi) View Map

Visited 3/19/2011 BackPak took it to Quick Stop California - 4.28 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to Rude Cache California - 4.03 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to Heres TWO you, redwood canoe California - 19.5 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to ZIPPO California - 19.74 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to Ratatouille California - 14.02 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to Glass Rock California - 8.18 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to This Old House California - 1.04 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/18/2011 BackPak took it to TUHAZZIP II: Nam Eltsac Sknaht California - 1.25 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/17/2011 BackPak took it to R R Xing 3 California - 1.64 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/17/2011 BackPak took it to Where is Ethan? California - 1.23 miles  Visit Log
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