Toronto Zoo Penguin Colony-Feeding

Our penguin colony gets fed a variety of fish, including capelin and smelt, three times a day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner). Although the penguins are fed at the same time, each penguin has their favourite type of fish and can be incredibly picky. For example, some penguins will only eat their fish tail first, while others will only eat the fish head first. Fish are also used as a way to deliver their daily vitamins and other necessary medication. In the mornings, keepers will feed with two separate buckets of fish; one including the fish containing vitamins and the other without.
The Keepers use a clipboard to track how many fish each penguin eats to monitor both their health and their seasonal appetite changes. The keepers can look back and determine annual patterns; including egg laying, chick-rearing, and moulting appetite changes. Penguins also go through something called a “catastrophic moult” once a year where they lose every single feather, all at once! A penguin who regularly eats 10-15 fish a day might eat as much as 50 fish a day before this moult!
Overfishing is a major threat to African penguin populations. You can make a difference by becoming more aware as a consumer when it comes to the type of fish you buy, ensuring that they are sustainably caught or raised. You can check out the Seafood Watch Guide at www.seafoodwatch.org/. Also, don’t be shy about asking questions at restaurants or your local grocery store when ordering seafood.

[@twoo6ix493]

i love penguins when i went to the Toronto zoo i was so happy to see them

[@rosariomartinez7217]

Awwwww I want a feed the pinguins ! Beautiful

[@kevinlin1017]

Same

[@unknown_robloxplxyer3939]

Awwwwww
That is cute

[@ashleyp243]

🐧🐧🐧

[@_VK9959]

Why are their wings locked?

[@roseypinkheartsftw]

how do you prevent the penguins from taking the beads off

[@YoushaAhmad]

I think you should feed them in a more natural way to make them work at least a little to get their food. This would provide good mental stimulation as well as exercise. I understand that some need some supplements but I think you could feed most of them in the water.

[@LorettaBonato_]

Yousha Ahmad the Toronto zoo does make them work for there food just not all the time. Clearly you don5 go to the Toronto zoo

[@kaydenmarlow2674]

Are visitors ever allowed to touch the penguins? I'd die to pet a penguin

[@kaydenmarlow2674]

@Fabio Rodriguez I wouldn't mind being bitten by a penguin I'm obsessed with them

[@kevinlin1017]

Fabio Rodriguez they dont

[@icycheepers8606]

@@kaydenmarlow2674 same I have a penguin bed not made of penguins I should cry and hate sleeping in it but it has pictures of them and a have a poster of them and I have like 1000 penguin stuffy’s and fun fact about penguins is they don’t taste there food

[@kaydenmarlow2674]

@@icycheepers8606 same

[@_VK9959]

@@kaydenmarlow2674 hey you can touch,there is a baby penguin in Maharashtra, India

[@user-bk6be1xg8s]

:-)

[@isaacli9424]

Talk more knowing

[@lilbreadedchicken7046]

I heard about buddy and Pedro, but do y’all got any real gay penguins?