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Happy African Penguin Awareness Day!🐧 African Penguins are monogamous and mate for life, and they also share parenting duties 💕 Their tuxedo does more than make them look fancy. It works as camouflage while in the water. The black coat on their back hides them from predators swimming above them, and their white belly makes it difficult to be seen by predators swimming below. Sadly, African Penguins are endangered. Their population has been in decline due to habitat destruction, commercial over

Today we are celebrating International African Penguin Awareness Day! We know some of our visitors' favorite parts of the zoo is walking through the Eco Center and watching the African penguins mirthfully swim and play in their exhibit. With such big personalities, we can't say we blame you. But did you know that these charismatic birds are now critically endangered? With now only 20,000 breeding pairs in the wild, they are facing dire straits. Habitat loss, climate change, and overfishing have

Curious what’s happening within the Penguin colony? 👀 As we continue to celebrate #AfricanPenguinAwarenessDay, a reminder that you can watch your African Penguin colony LIVE on @zoolife.tv 🐧 Tune in from 9:30am-2pm daily and catch all the happenings in their African Savanna habitat 🌊 Want camera control and access to even more animal habitats from around the world? 🎥 Subscribe now at zoolife.tv/torontozoo where 50% of proceeds support continued conservation science efforts at your Toronto Zo