Penguin Awareness Day
About Penguin Awareness Day
When is Penguin Awareness Day? This holiday is always observed on January 20
Penguin Awareness Day gives us a great opportunity to learn about and appreciate one of the few natives of Antarctica. They are natives to a few other chilly areas, too. This is a January 20 holiday that is celebrated annually. On this day, spend a little time learning about them…. a pictorial book or internet site is fun. You can also watch a documentary of these cute and popular, grounded birds.
These days are also a time to wear black and white—penguin colors. However, wearing a tuxedo in their honor is optional. It is also popular today to tell a penguin joke or two.
Did you know? Penguins are found in Antarctica, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, the Falkland Islands, and the Galapagos Islands. Elsewhere, they are only found in zoos.
Penguin Trivia and Fun Facts
They are social birds, living in large colonies called “rookeries”.
The birds usually return to the same nesting site, year after year.
The Emperor penguin is the largest and heaviest in the world. They can grow up to 39 inches tall and weigh 99 pounds.
A 37 million fossil once stood six feet eight inches tall.
Globally, there are an estimated 20 to 31 million penguins.
The male sometimes deposits a pebble at the feet of a female. If she accepts, then they become a couple.
They can swim up to 22 miles er hour.
How to Enjoy Penguin Awareness Day
Here are some ways y can celebrate and enjoy these remarkable birds:
- Go to a zoo or aquarium to see them. They are fun to watch when they are active.
- Waddle like a penguin.
- Watch a nature documentary featuring them.
- Research them on the internet.
- Go to the library and read out a book about them.
Today's Quote
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it into a fruit salad.
History and Origin of Penguin Awareness Day
Our research did not uncover any information about the origin of Penguin Awareness Day. And, we found no consensus on the date. Rather, we found several conflicting dates in January. If anyone can provide information about this day, please contact us.
DId You Know? The only bird that can swim but not fly is the Penguin.
This Day in History
While this is certainly an important and fun holiday, there are other notable happenings on this date. Here are another couple of happenings on this date:
- The Beatles release “Meet the Beatles”, their first album to the U.S., sparking a new “English invasion”. (1964)
- At 69 years, 349 days old, Ronald Reagan becomes the oldest person to become U.S. president. (1981)
- Comedian George Burns was born on this day in 1896.
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