Penguin.
Guest Reviewer: Natalie Potts Notable Variations: Emperor, King, Chocolate biscuit
Habitat: Antarctic, Zoo, Supermarkets
I’d like to write a small review of an animal we all know and love, the penguin.
Penguins are excellent, no doubt about it. From the tip of their shiny wet little head to their webbed clawed feet and all the black-and-white goodness in between, penguins rock.
Notice the flat tummy.
Perfect for playing slalom down glaciers.
Not only are they cool enough to be the only animal to have colonised Antarctica that’s larger than a pinhead, but to escape the rather nippy weather they huddle together and keep warm, even taking it in turns to go on the outside - aah. They walk, shuffle and waddle in a Charlie Chaplin style for miles to reach the sea, and then it’s just a short slide on their shiny bellies into the water where suddenly they turn into fish-eating bullets.
In the water, these zippy little blighters spend most of their time eating fish and trying to find the perfect wave to wash them up onto their precipice of a home, whether it’s an iceberg the size of Guatemala or a rocky outcrop. Although you might think it’s a negative that they can’t fly, try to imagine, if you will, a flying penguin. Exactly. They’d be a danger to themselves and to others.
King penguins on holiday
in what appears to be the Swiss Alps.
And I haven’t even got on to the subject of how tasty the McVities Penguin biscuit is…
Verdict:
Great pet if you have lots of spare fish and a large cold pond in your garden (although I heard of someone who kept a small one in his bathtub – must be an urban myth or we’d all be doing it)
The smallest penguin in the world:
the Little Penguin
Plus Points
+ Well-dressed and shiny
+ Live in very cold place so well adapted to British weather
+ Comedy walking style
+ Amusing game of dominos when planes pass overhead
+ Also a delicious chocolate snack
Minus Points
- Can’t fly
- Smelly breath from all those fish
Tentative Penguin rating: 7.4/10
p.s. If you want, we have a spare desk in the corner so you can extend your company offices to Shanghai as well – Animal Reviews world domination here we come!
Best Regards,
Natalie Potts
Shanghai
Everyone loves penguins don't they? They must be one of the top attractions in zoos worldwide, after monkeys and the gift shop. What we love about penguins here at Animal Reviews is that they live in the coldest place on earth, spend half their lives balancing eggs on their feet, have to put up with walruses, and yet still they manage to retain a sense of silliness that other animals can only dream of.
Plus of course they get
the best enclosures. Take the polar bear for example - fantastic sense of style, but at a total loss when it comes to walking in a n amusing way. Penguins have got the funny walk down to a tee, looking as if they could topple over at any given moment. Rockhoppers are perhaps the funniest waddlers within the penguin world (and they have the best name), but to be honest all penguins have the magic that elevates them to excellence, so we're going to up their final score to a majestic 8.4/10.
Rockhopper Penguin.
Excellent.
All the best
Theo and Max
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