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Antarctic penguin exhibit at Duisburg Zoo

Antarctic penguin exhibit at Duisburg Zoo Penguins have been exhibited at Chester Zoo for more than 20 years and we have found that on the whole they thrive and that many have lived for a number of years. Species exhibited together have been Emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri, King penguins A . patagonica, Humholdt’s penguins Spheniscus demersus, Magellan penguins S . magellanicus, and Rockhopper penguins Eudyptes crestatus. They are kept in a large field with a freshwater stream running through it. Certain areas of the field and the edge of the stream have been gravelled as the soil is clay. The water comes from an artesian well and runs through the sealion enclosure and a duck pond before it reaches the penguin pool. Unfortunately the water is not clear because of the clay, but nonetheless our mortality rates are very low. It would seem that plenty of exercise is essential to penguins, and our own colony walks considerable distances round the enclosure. We have found that penguins are great wanderers and the occasional bird that has escaped has travelled considerable distances across country. They are fed on ungutted herrings and they do very well on this diet. When fresh herrings are unavailable, frozen ones are http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Zoo Yearbook Wiley

Antarctic penguin exhibit at Duisburg Zoo

GEWALT, W.
International Zoo Yearbook , Volume 7 (1) – Jan 1, 1967
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Copyright © 1967 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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0074-9664
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1748-1090
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10.1111/j.1748-1090.1967.tb00299.x
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Penguins have been exhibited at Chester Zoo for more than 20 years and we have found that on the whole they thrive and that many have lived for a number of years. Species exhibited together have been Emperor penguins Aptenodytes forsteri, King penguins A . patagonica, Humholdt’s penguins Spheniscus demersus, Magellan penguins S . magellanicus, and Rockhopper penguins Eudyptes crestatus. They are kept in a large field with a freshwater stream running through it. Certain areas of the field and the edge of the stream have been gravelled as the soil is clay. The water comes from an artesian well and runs through the sealion enclosure and a duck pond before it reaches the penguin pool. Unfortunately the water is not clear because of the clay, but nonetheless our mortality rates are very low. It would seem that plenty of exercise is essential to penguins, and our own colony walks considerable distances round the enclosure. We have found that penguins are great wanderers and the occasional bird that has escaped has travelled considerable distances across country. They are fed on ungutted herrings and they do very well on this diet. When fresh herrings are unavailable, frozen ones are

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International Zoo Yearbook – Wiley

Published: Jan 1, 1967

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