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Penguins
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Friday Morning Spice
23 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Eskom’s improved performance silences De Ruyter, Fear grips parts of Soweto, SpaceX’s riskiest commercial mission yet, Online fraudsters moved into sextortion, and How to wear linen like a style god.
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Did You See That Cute Penguin Catching Some Waves With A Bodyboarder In Cape Town? [Video]
26 Jun 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
An adorable little African penguin was filmed hitching a ride with a bodyboarder at a beach on Cape Town’s southern peninsula.
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Shocking Killing Spree As Honey Badger Attacks 11 Penguins At De Hoop Nature Reserve
19 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The plight of the African penguins in and around Cape Town continues.
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Incredible Moment Hundreds Of Baby Penguins Jump From Ice Cliff Into Antarctic Ocean For Their First Ever Swim [Video]
16 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
While scientists have witnessed the spectacular moment before, this is the first time the event was filmed.
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Mounting Concern For Penguins In Simon’s Town As SA Navy Prepares For ‘Underwater Explosive Exercise’
23 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The lack of transparency and communication about the exercise’s nature and necessity has disappointed residents, who are worried about the possible harm to endangered marine wildlife.
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A 14-Year-Old Student Will Swim From Robben Island To Blouberg For The Penguins
08 Nov 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
A teen girl is braving the icy Cape waters to raise money for the endangered African Penguin and other seabirds.
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A Massive Iceberg Nearly Caused Ecological Disaster After Colliding With Penguin Sanctuary In Antarctica
11 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Wildlife can be severely disrupted when icebergs crash into islands, particularly if the bergs become stranded on the seafloor encircling the remote landmasses.
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Bees Have Killed 63 Of The Simon’s Town Penguins
20 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Over the weekend, news broke that 63 African penguins had been found dead at the Boulders colony in Simon’s Town.
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The Perilous Plight Of The African Penguin [Video]
28 Jul 2021 by Kiernan / No Comments
Cape Town’s African penguins are currently enjoying a moment in the limelight with the success of Netflix’s ‘Penguin Town’. Dig a little deeper, though, and it becomes clear that the species is in crisis.
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Simon’s Town Penguins Star In New Netflix Series [Trailer]
27 May 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Boulders Beach African Penguins are one of Simon’s Town’s main attractions, and now they have their own eight-part Netflix series.
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Danger Looms As World’s Biggest Iceberg Sets Collision Course
05 Nov 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The A68a iceberg broke free of the Larsen C ice shelf in 2017, and it’s now bearing down on an island that’s a breeding hotspot for a number of species.
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King Penguin Cruises Onto Cape Point Beach – Birders Go Wild [Video]
31 Oct 2019 by Kiernan / No Comments
Whilst Capetonians don’t have to travel far to see an African penguin, this king penguin is around 5 000 kilometres away from the nearest colony.
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Human-Sized Penguins – Believe It, Because It’s True
15 Aug 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you suffer from spheniscidaeaphobia (the fear of penguins), you might want to look away now.
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Penguin ‘Selfie’ Video Goes Viral
09 Mar 2018 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
If penguins and animal selfies are two of your favourite things, you’re going to love this clip of some flightless birds playing with a camera.
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Massive Fail – The Really Odd Story Of Two PE Students Stealing A Penguin Called ‘Buddy’
28 Sep 2016 by Kiernan / No Comments
I’m sure there are millions around the country who would say, given the present situation, that students are fools. You can add two more to that list.
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Google Street View – Finding Penguins And Corpses
08 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Great Tripod on a Prius has made it’s way to Brazil, not long after wizzing by 2ov’s HQ in the Cape Quarter, I’ll have you know. But, as inevitable as portraits of maniacal bergies on the Cape Town records of Google Street view, corpses have begun popping up at an alarming rate as the Street View car chugs through Brazil, and specifically, Rio de Janeiro.
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