The Awesome Daily - Your daily dose of awesome
TRENDING
  • About
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
No Result
View All Result
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
  • Funny
  • Photography
  • Animals
  • Art
    • Design
  • More
    • Food
    • Science & Tech
    • Life
    • Heartwarming
    • Community
    • Fashion
    • Memes
    • Tattoos
    • Travel
The Awesome Daily - Your daily dose of awesome
No Result
View All Result
Home Animals

Blonde Penguin Spotted on the Shores of Antartica and OMG it’s so Cute

Awesome Daily Staff by Awesome Daily Staff
April 15, 2020
in Animals, Trending
0
Blonde Penguin Spotted on the Shores of Antartica and OMG it’s so Cute
10
SHARES
363
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Did you ever see a blonde penguin? Of course you didn’t, no one have right? Well, no, apperently, blonde penguins exist and they are a thing of beauty. We are so used to seeing or even just imagining how some things look like that it’s hard for us to even think of it in a different way. How does a penguin look like? Black and white right? That’s the first thing you think about when I write the word penguin.

 

However, During a National Geographic Journey to Antarctica cruise some lucky tourists got a rare chance to see a golden penguin in real life. It was spotted along the shore and flocking with regular black and white penguins. This was truly their lucky day as these rare blonde penguins almost never seen in the wild.

These animals are categorized as Leucistic penguins for the fact they have the unique gold blonde color running through their coat. Black and white penguins are categorized as chinstrap penguins that regularly occupies the shores of the Southern Pacific and Antarctic Ocean. The golden penguin was seeing relaxing with his black and white friends and looking just as adorable as you might of think.

 

This condition in animals is very rare because Leucism is a genetic mutation that reduces the production of pigmentation in the skin cells. When an animal has this condition it makes them stand out from the rest of their peers which is a very dangerous thing in the wild as it’s immediately makes that animal a target for predators.

It does however, make them a very interesting animal to look at. If we are talking about birds specifically, the condition is actually called isabellinisim and it is really caused by a lack of melanim in the plumage and feathers.

Check out the quick gallery below of the blonde penguin and the video at the end.

Blonde penguin spotted on the shores of Antarctica

blonde penguin 1 (1)

This is a rare condition that is not seen in the wild almost anywhere

blonde penguin 2 (1)

Some lucky tourists part of the National Geographic Journey to Antarctica cruise were lucky enough to see this in real life

blonde penguin 3 (1)

The condition is called isabellinisim and is very rare

blonde penguin 4 (1)

Though it has no impact on the ability of the penguin to mate, it does make him a target for predators just for standing out

blonde penguin 5 (1)

This is how we all know a penguin. Black and white right?

blonde penguin 6 (1)

And this is the blonde penguin

blonde penguin 7 (1)

Look at him go!

blonde penguin 8 (1)

Here’s the video from National Geographic about this rare animal

All images are courtesy of DAVID STEPHENS, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS

READ ALSO

21 Bands That Start With U That You Won’t Want To Miss

48 Cute Sloth Pictures That Will Make You Squeal with Delight!

ShareTweetPin10

Partner Sites

Newton's Cradle Fridge Magnet

Heat Sensitive iPhone Case

Previous Post

1910 Ads That Are so Vintage and Weird They Actually Fit Today’s Market

Next Post

28 Crap Images of Wild Life That are so Bad You Want to Burn the Film

Awesome Daily Staff

Awesome Daily Staff

One of our many staff writers who preferred to keep his privacy. We have a team of writers and contributors that publish content from time to time writing about entertainment, food and more.

Related Posts

21 Bands That Start With U That You Won’t Want To Miss
Music

21 Bands That Start With U That You Won’t Want To Miss

June 16, 2022
48 Cute Sloth Pictures That Will Make You Squeal with Delight!
Animals

48 Cute Sloth Pictures That Will Make You Squeal with Delight!

November 16, 2021
23 Fascinating Spit Facts You Didn’t Know
Life

23 Fascinating Spit Facts You Didn’t Know

November 4, 2021
The Original Inspiration for Batman’s Cape
Entertainment

The Original Inspiration for Batman’s Cape

October 29, 2021
24 Facts About Gremlins: The Movie
Movies

24 Facts About Gremlins: The Movie

October 14, 2021
15 Facts About Hairspray: The Musical
Movies

15 Facts About Hairspray: The Musical

October 7, 2021
Next Post
28 Crap Images of Wild Life That are so Bad You Want to Burn the Film

28 Crap Images of Wild Life That are so Bad You Want to Burn the Film

  • 62 of The darkest Jokes Ever Told Online | Dark Humor Jokes

    62 of The darkest Jokes Ever Told Online | Dark Humor Jokes

    1459 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Funny Ways To Answer The Phone? Hello??!! We have plenty!

    266 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 31 Mexican Word Of The Day Memes That Are Funny In Every Language

    247 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 16 Young Models And Their Controversial First Steps In The Fashion Biz

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 18 Funny Google Translate Tricks To Make Google Say Hilarious Things

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • The Clock Spider Is The Most Terrifying Urban Legend I Ever Heard

    4 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • 100 Funny Names That Are So Unfortunate They’re Actually Genius

    2 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
21 Let That Sink In Memes That Had Us Laughing

21 Let That Sink In Memes That Had Us Laughing

June 30, 2022
18 Bands That Start With Q That You Need To Listen To

18 Bands That Start With Q That You Need To Listen To

June 23, 2022
21 Bands That Start With U That You Won’t Want To Miss

21 Bands That Start With U That You Won’t Want To Miss

June 16, 2022
  • Entertainment
  • Trending
  • Life
  • Food
  • About
  • DMCA
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact us
  • Advertise
  • Give Us Feedback
  • Sitemap
  • Editorial Team
cropped-alony-media-logo-done-1

The Awesome Daily is part of Alony Media.
I Tech Cliq | Tech 25 | Gluten Free Heroes

No Result
View All Result
  • About The Awesome Daily
  • Advertise
  • Contact us
  • DMCA
  • Give Us Feedback
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
  • Subscribe
  • Thank You For Subscribing
  • The Awesome Daily Editorial Team

© 2021 Theawesomedaily.com.