Penguin Picture Post!!

Good afternoon! :)

I had my first session of the intern lunches today and got free pizza...so I've had a pretty good day. Since I didn't have to work today, I decided it was a great opportunity to take some pictures of the lovely penguins I've been working with over the past three weeks. I only took pictures of the Rockhoppers and Africans and none of the Little Blues because I have yet to do anything with them other than vacuum their tank so I don't know them.

I'm 100% on names for Rockies (I took the quiz)
I'm pretty sure I'm 100% on names for Africans but I have yet to take the quiz because I've only fed them twice.

Enjoy!!

Oh and if the bracelet is on the right: girl, and the left: boy

Staten

Chile coming out of her molting stage

Pinguino

Chile

Quion and Deco

Vondeling

Juvenile African Namibia

SO CUTE

St. Croix and Pip

Beach Donkey, Halifax, and Hout

Namibia again because she's/he's the cutest thing (we haven't gotten the blood test back so we don't know if it's a girl or boy)

Pip

Deco and Quion

Plum Pudding and In-Guza

Alfred and Treasure

Sanccob

Lambert and White Black

:D

Mosselbaai

Geyser

Pebble

Three stooges right here: Fuego, Chrysocome, and Terhalten

Terhalten and Chrysocome...clearly Chrysocome has important things to say

Yikes :P

Eudyptes

The next 3 are Staten

Diving shot!

Falkland and Noir. 

Chrysocome and Fuego

Tussock

Hout

Saldanha

Sinclair: note his black belly and heart

Counter-shading doesn't really apply for this guy

JELLIES

Pip

Mercury and Dyer

Glamour shot of Chrysocome

FEEDING TIMES

Craziness ensues.

I hope you enjoyed learning some of the penguins! Have a great day!!

Two Weeks In

Helloooo everyone.

Welp. As I have now completed my second week of my penguin colony internship, I can say I have done a number of things I had not done before. Here we go:

Week 1:
-put on a wetsuit
-got blisters from putting on said wetsuit
-fed Rockhopper penguins
-got a bruise from a penguin pecking at me through my wetsuit
          ~I had the audacity to feed another penguin near him
-learned all the Rockhoppers names and bracelet colors
-realized there is no possible way to look cute in a wetsuit

Week 2:
-practiced my rockclimbing skills whilst scrubbing the African penguins islands
-almost fell off an island into the 65 degree water
-saw and squealed over a juvenile African penguin (THEY'RE SO CUTE)
-learned that wetsuits are awesome for ballet purposes, very buoyant
-had my fingers pecked by hungry Rockhoppers 
-took my Rockhopper quiz!

I haven't managed to get any pictures of me feeding or cleaning because no one I know has visited yet :) But soon, hopefully I'll be able to post some!

I am having a really awesome time learning everything about penguins and the process of each day. I am pleased to announce that I do not smell like fish because I shower twice a day at work :D And I'm in the water constantly so the fish smell never really settles in.

That's all for now, I hope you guys enjoyed my little update!
Have a great day :)

NEWS

Hello all you lovely people who probably thought I would never update this blog again!

Well, I have some exciting news! Now, obviously I'm back home in Boston (Weymouth) but back in Boston for the sake of this blog's title, and I am pleased to announce that I have landed another internship!

But where? You might be asking yourself this. Where in Boston have the exotic animals that come to mind when you think of this blog, and by extension me?

The New England Aquarium

PENGUINS

Yes, that is correct, I am a new intern in the Penguin Colony at the New England Aquarium in Boston, MA. I'm going to be working with three species of penguins: Little Blues, Rockhoppers, and African penguins. I will be in a wetsuit in their exhibit cleaning, cleaning, and cleaning some more until I have enough experience to feed them. Food prep and cleaning outside the exhibit also happens, so it's a little bit like my CARE internship in that way. There are information talks that we give to the public, so all my tours at CARE have also prepared me for those.

I'm very excited to once again update my blog and share my new experiences with you all!  

I'll also be uploading pictures if and when I take them, I'm not sure how I'll do that yet, but I'll figure it out.

I start tomorrow, and I'm a little nervous. New experiences and all that.

Early commute should be fun.

That's all for now! Thanks for coming along again with me on my adventures with animals :)