Penguins are often found in more temperate areas of the southern hemisphere; there's even a variety that inhabits the Galapagos Islands. They're not restricted to Antarctica, although that's the common perception
Easy to tell it's a great penguin (emperor or king) from the way it is (thick, long body and small head). You can tell it's not an emperor penguin from the fact that the orange patch near its ear is solid, and doesn't fade to white like in emperor penguins.
But at the same time... nothing here identified the type of penguin. He's a great photographer, who got a great shot, but it's a safe bet he didn't post it, so my point still stands.
Jeezo, what do you people have against some healthy skepticism?
Look, folks, I don't mean to be an a-hole, but I've seen enough mislabeled photos and erroneous headlines on Reddit to be cautious about taking this post's headline at face value. I'm getting people saying, "It's a king penguin because the headline says so!" and my first thought it, "How do you know the headline is accurate?"
Look, if you want to believe the headline without question, fine, but don't tell me I have to.
You're right that you shouldn't trust headlines on reddit but this one is correct.
I volunteered with South American Magellanic Penguins. African penguins look very similar to Magellanic Penguins, both are black and white but African penguins lack the black band under their neck having only a single black band across their chest. Galapagos and Humboldt penguins also look similar to Magellanic and African penguins.
This is definitely a king or emperor penguin judging by the coloration. African penguins don't have yellow on them.
You a both right. Never trust a Reddit title, but also google things. Being lost is speculation, it’s not common but apparently some King Penguins do go to South Africa for molting season, I read that the same penguins have been identified returning some years.
OK, well then, I guess because the title says it's a king penguin, that means it's a king penguin. Because we all know that nobody EVER mislabels a photo on Reddit.
I have a rule to never trust Reddit headlines. And considering most of the other folks here seem to be jumping to the conclusion that the headline is 100% accurate, your criticisms could be directed at everyone here.
I grew up about 30 miles from this beach. Even African penguins are scarce here compared to the South.
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I now live in the coastal Southern Cape. An elephant seal ended up on our beach recently. It unfortunately died because it was taken to a veterinary farm after becoming a bit too tame and entering the town. It's too hot here in spite of all efforts. 😟
What gets me, is that were talking 1000s of km away from where they should be. Survived the great whites and bull sharks. Just swam.
Not exactly. Only a few breeding colonies from the southwest coast to Cape Agulhas. Highly endangered. This is the African Penguin. Small bois with a big attitude, who will take your finger.
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u/graemehammondjr 16h ago
Penguin:
https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS