Tuesday, January 13, 2009

the smarty pants gentoo

i loooove penguins and not because of all the penguin movies that surfaced in the past few years. i did a stint as a penguin keeper at the omaha zoo several years ago and despite the cold and the tremendous amount of penguin poop, i was very attached to them. we housed gentoos, kings and rockhoppers in the aquarium and little blues in the outdoor pen.

anyway, i don't know what i love most about this video - the opportunistic penguin or the soundtrack playing from a boombox on the raft.

2 comments:

Tina said...

i loved that! smart little guy, wasnt he- and not afraid of people. very enterprising, leaping into the boat to escape being dinner. i can see that they are very endearing. i wonder if they were in a quandry, wondering what to do with him; couldnt just take him back to the dock i suppose =)
i bet that was the highlight of their trip.

elisabeth said...

i love that you were a penguin keeper. seriously, you just get cooler. :)