The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins

The Great Penguin Rescue: Saving the African Penguins — page 3
With feathered coats still shiny and wet from the surf the adults waddle ashore on Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town Parents will feed their chicks and huddle with them in their nest overnight Then in the morning the adults will head back to the ocean to catch more fish another day's meal for themselves and their chicks The young female chick moans and peeps as adults pass by A few adults pause and bray at her None claim her Check out the bristly inside of the penguin's mouth Its tongue has toothlike barbs that throat help push food down its