Happy feet - a brand new pedicure

These wonderful feet belong to a Gentoo Penguin, ha. Taken at the Calgary Zoo on March 15th.

"When it's really cold, Penguins rock backwards on their heels, holding their toes up. How do they stop themselves from falling over backwards? They support themselves by their stiff tail feathers that have no blood flow and so lose no heat. So in the coldest conditions, penguins sit there supported on a tripod of two feet (heels) with reduced blood flow and a stiff tail through which they lose no heat at all." The average life span in the wild is 15 to 20 years.

www.coolantarctica.com/Antarctica%20fact%20file/science/c...

I am always amazed by this short video, of a Gentoo Penguin that is being chased by a Killer Whale - and what it does to escape!

youtu.be/SJaMtBKnN-I