Two
of the birds were hand raised at SeaWorld
and are much more accustomed to human
interaction than the penguins that
were parent raised. Nipper for
example nips at everything. His
curiosity went into overdrive shortly
after he got here. He’s the
first to investigate anything new and
different.
Bug was
also hand reared, and seems to have an
extra helping of curiosity. Bug
quickly comes up to you to investigate
what you have and what you are doing,
but he usually doesn’t
nip.
Hercules is the largest of our macaroni penguins.
He is a big bird who is one-quarter
larger than the other macs. Also
aptly named is Poncho the largest of
the gentoos weighing in at more than
20 pounds.
