African penguin by Kordouane
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its donkey-like bray, although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink.
Comments (10)
Ken _Gilliland
nice shot
eekdog
They look alot different then others, cool pair posing for your lens, great shots on all yours today.
beachsidelegs
They look so proud beautiful picture :)
X-PaX
Very nice photo. I might have cut it a little bit and removed half of the penguin on the right side.
LivingPixels
Excellent shot!!
DukeNukem2005
This is very amazing!
photosynthesis
Nice shot with excellent detail - I especially like their multi-colored webbed feet. But I agree with x-PaX that the photo could be improved by cropping out that partial penguin on the right...
mtdana
Great capture and interesting information!!!
AureliusdeMercoeur
Superbe photo et de très intéressantes infos qui peuvent nous laisser penser qu'il a existé, autrefois, de nombreuses variétés de pingouins adaptés aux régions tempérées, et peut-être même chaudes de notre globe ; inutile de se demander pourquoi et comment ils auraient disparu ! Ils étaient une proie trop facile pour les humains qui les ont chassés sans discernement !...
PandaB5
Great photo.