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Penguin playground: From the Two Oceans Aquarium Flickr group
By Two Oceans Aquarium / 21 March 2012
Our rockhopper penguins take a dip in their swimming pool here at the Two Oceans Aquarium.
Video: A trip through the Two Oceans Aquarium
By Two Oceans Aquarium / 2 March 2012
Just love this video with soothing tunes that takes you on a virtual mini-tour of the Two Oceans Aquarium. Great visuals! Sharks, turtles, rays, seahorses, lobsters, giant spider crabs … All our fishy friends are there.
Win! A Penguin Encounter worth R350
By Ingrid Sinclair / 1 March 2012
In March, we are giving you a chance to win an amazing Penguin Encounter worth R350 – an interactive meeting with our adorable rockhopper penguins who, senior bird trainer Hayley McLellan tells us, have returned to their pool after a brief moulting period. To enter, you’ll be asked to take part in a quiz about the rockies’ relative, the African penguin. Answers to these multiple-choice questions can be found on our website or elsewhere on the ‘net.
New arrivals! Tiger catsharks makes us weak at the knees
By Helen Lockhart / 29 February 2012
I’m sitting in my office and I hear some of my colleagues next door cooing and exclaiming “Oh so cute!” I think to myself “Oh, someone has brought their kitten or puppy or baby to work,” (which happens on occasion), but when I go out to see what all the fuss is about I discover members of the marketing team bent over a container in which there are three baby tiger catsharks. It is certainly not every day that a bunch of women go weak at the knees over sharks!
Our rockhopper penguins are moulting! But what does it mean?
By Hayley McLellan / 27 February 2012
Twice a year our rockhopper penguins experience a moulting period of about four weeks. When a bird moults, it replace its entire set of feathers. Think of it this way: we change our clothes daily, but they only change theirs twice a year!
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