Galapagos Penguin facts: the world's hottest penguins | Animal Fact Files

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the only species of penguins found north of the equator.
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Max - • Video
Escaping Comfort Zone - • SNORKELLING THE GALAPA...
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John Haxby - www.flickr.com/photos/jchific...
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[@healthinspector4827]

Sadly these little guys are the most endangered penguin species, even more than the yellow eye penguin.

[@jad1079]

It's good they can breed opportunistically three times a year, since there aren't many of them left.

[@asliceofbread2294]

Thanks
In my opinion Galapagos penguins are one of the most interesting penguin.

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Would you say they're one of the most interesting because of where they live, or is there another reason?

[@amayarawls8136]

I guess

[@impastafromfnf6512]

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[@jadenl629]

I never knew or heard about these penguins! Thanks again guys!😊

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Glad you learned something new!

[@hobomike6935]

Humanity was enamored by famous explorers reaching *Farthest South* records during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration; culminating in Roald Amundsen reaching 90 degrees S in 1911.
However, little credit has been given to the Galapagos penguins for setting a new Record *Farthest North* for their species; an incredible 1 degree N into the Northern Hemisphere, at the far northwestern tip of Isabela Island!
few Penguins ever ventured further north than the 60th degree S parallel, favoring the cooler waters of the southern Ocean near their homeland of the Subantarctic Islands. But thanks to their tiny friends, they can now lay claim to as far north as the Equator!

[@jayronhurley2171]

How about a Snares Penguin? Looks like a Rockhopper, but the two are different.

[@AmayzingJack]

My favorite 'guins

[@michaelpr1]

Amazing

[@jayforerunner965]

Could you do Vampire Squid?🦑

[@CosmicRabbitCarma]

🐧 🐧 🐧

[@bagaradatanya4344]

Thanks so much. But i have project with Galapagos penguins =)

[@AnimalFactFiles]

Best of luck on your project! Hope it goes/went well!

[@keesengng5453]

What about do Jackass penguins next?

[@lucialopez9868]

The worlds hottest Bird like what

[@FieryCoal]

Not every penguin likes winter...

[@AnimalFactFiles]

I can relate.

[@aaronm.3581]

Taste like chicken. Don't ask me how I know.

[@Jaden-hc2dk]

:D

[@AnimalFactFiles]

😄

[@michaelpr1]

:D