The Black Penguin
March 11th, 2010 at 5:48 pm (AST) by Jake RichterIt figures that something remarkable was seen on our trip, but I completely missed it. Fortunately my daughter Krystyana did see it – and she also managed to take several photos of this unusual critter. I’m speaking of the Black Penguin, a flightless bird with unusual coloring that appears to have taken the world by storm.
Fellow traveler and National Geographic Traveler contributing editor Andrew Evans posted a photo of the melanistic penguin on his blog, which led to another post in the Intelligent Travel blog, and from there it seems to have spiraled into a major news story.
So, to help prove that Andrew’s photo was not an anomaly, below are a few more photos of the Black Penguin.
Larger versions of the above images, along with additional photos can be found on Krystyana’s Flickr pages.