On several Sundays during the winter, the St. Louis Zoo hosts a Penguin Parade! I have a weakness for parades and for zoos, so I joined loads of little kids and a couple of grandparents to watch the penguins march down the parade route, stopping to interact with people (and scare some little children) (the penguins did, not me) along the way.
There were two kinds of penguins. They walked slowly and sometimes just stood still until the parade organizers nudged them forward.
They really did scare little kids: the little boy in front of me was watching one penguin, while another moved to within a couple of inches of his face. I gently pointed out the penguin that was close to him and he started screaming and looked at me with a face that said that this whole business was my fault.
If I had kids, I think I would take them every week to see the penguins.
Of course, it would be for their amusement, rather than my own.
4 comments:
I love these photos! I also love penguins. Such classy birds.
i;m coming to st. louis next winter if you're still there, so we can see this! SOOOOOOOOO great.
Pretty much the best use of birds ever.
Guys: I really loved the penguins too. But: A triple rainbow?! Oh my goodness. 6th time in 250 years!
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