Did you recognize this week's Access Point? It's an African penguin at Georgia Aquarium -- just a little easier to see when it slows down. AJC photos by Jamie Gumbrecht
This is an African penguin, one of 19 that lives at Georgia Aquarium. Commenter Lora was right about the place in this week’s Access Points photo game, but it’s quite a bit smaller than a whale — most African penguins weigh 6 to 7 pounds. (Mallory was the first to guess correctly! Woohoo!)
One of these birds was the star of a recent film, “Love Lost and Found: A Penguin Odyssey.”
It’s so cute, you may have seen me squealing about it on Twitter.
Here it is:
Dodo, a 5-year-old penguin who came to the aquarium from Portugal, is the star. He was young when he arrived in Atlanta — still mostly gray, instead of his mature black-and-white — and a nervous little bird. Over many “enrichment sessions” with “environmental enrichment objects” — husbandry speak for “playtime with toys” — aquarium staffer came to learn this