Penguin Meets Up With Orangutan During Excursion In Empty San Diego Zoo
LOADING ERROR LOADING When the people are away, the penguins will play. While visitors are absent from the San Diego Zoo because of coronavirus stay-at-home measures, zoo staff let penguins get out and about to explore. In footage published on Facebook over the weekend, viewers got to see Dot the African penguin waddle over for a meetup with a new orangutan pal at the primate exhibit. With crowds suddenly gone, some animals ― like orangutans, who sit and people watch at the window; and penguins, who sometimes swim along with passersby ― have lost a source of enrichment, San Diego Zoo Global ambassador Rick Schwartz told People. He noted that African penguins like Dot are facing major population declines ― a drop of more than 60% in the last 28 years ― making them one of the most endangered types of penguins.
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