Talk:Penguin

Do we have citations for trans-equatorial penguins? My reading had said that the reason there are no penguins in the northern hemisphere is that the equatorial currents block them. Vicki Rosenzweig

The Galapagos penguin may cross the equator and even breeds on an island north of the equator. So the passage is not incorrect. See [[1] (http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/penguins/galap.html)]. Cordyph

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This is my opinion - the earlier image on the taxobox was "better" than the latest replacement. Well, this penguin has got too many fancy designs on it, and its difficult to say its really a penguin by looking at it. Maybe a penguin-expert can recognize the bird, but for the common reader, this is probably the close-up of a pigeon. Lets have the simple white-vested black-coated bird, and move the present one to the particular species page to which it belongs. Jay 21:22, Sep 13, 2003 (UTC)

You've really got me puzzled, Jay. I took the pic and put it there.

Firstly, I'm sure 99.99 percent of the readers would recognise it instantly as penguin, I've no idea why you can't! In any case, it says it's a penguin underneath. To suggest it could be a pigeon is childish and silly. Have you ever seen a pigeon? If not, have a look at birdfeeding.

Secondly, there is no species article for the African Penguin, as a look further down the article would have quickly shown you.

Thirdly, taxobox pics are usually closeups and in focus, the previous picture was neither of those. It was good enough until a better one came along (like mine).

Best Wishes,

Adrian Pingstone 08:18, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

These would not be racing pigeons, then, I take it? Tannin

ahh.. maybe you (refers to Adrian Pingstone) were the penguin-expert I was talking about. I had gone through your image contributions for a vast array of articles, which is why I had expected that a still better penguin would be available in your repertoire.

I've added an article for African penguin, and have given a good physical description in the 2nd para. So a penguin standing facing the camera would be better as we can see the black spots. Pls check if you have such a pic.

Regarding close-ups I'm not sure. If its a wikipedia image policy its ok. But personally I feel it need not be a close-up but any photo that brings out the context of the subject, which is why I feel a simple black-and-white coloured penguin standing on the ice would go with the context of a penguin better. Even in the pigeon example that you have given, the pigeon occupies just 5% of the photo, and is still appropriate.

(my comparion of your penguin to a pigeon meant no disrespect, its the penguin's fault not yours! Your aircraft pics are great! are they original ?)

Jay 10:59, Sep 14, 2003 (UTC)

Actually, Jay, you raise a good point. Would it be better to have a sterotypical penguin in the penguin taxobox? (As opposed to the African Penguins pictured, I mean - they really are quite unusual. Better to have the least surprise? Or better to let the reader know that there is more to penguins tan he/she expects? But we might be stretching the ability of even Adrian's extensive collection of pictures to find the exact one we want - especially as most penguins live a long way south of me, and I'm 10,000 miles south of Adrian! I'm off on an extended bird photography trip soon, but heading north not south, so I don't expect to get any penguins! Oh, and Adrian's aircraft pics are all his own work. Tannin 11:07, 14 Sep 2003 (UTC)

I've found this (http://www.penguins.cl/royal-penguins.htm) which refers to Royal Penguins (Eudyptes schlegeli) - is this an omission? (I know nothing about penguins). Secretlondon 21:52, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)

See first paragraph of Emperor Penguin. Morwen 22:02, Apr 5, 2004 (UTC)

Contents

1 category 2 etc. 3 Chilly Willy 4 External genitalia 5 Needed sections 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Mating habits 6 Wrong Danish translation

category

Please stop adding category:penguin without consulting the Tree of Life talk pages. This category in particular is pointless, since there are links to penguin and through the family and order scientific names. jimfbleak 16:14, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

In conventional usage of the categories so far, the article the category is named for is included in the category. Where is this apparent act of enclosure detailed? - David Gerard 18:15, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

etc.

While on an unrelated edit, I snipped out statements such as (paraphrased) "the line of bubbles behind a diving penguin is due to air being trapped under their feathers" and "penguins can outrun most humans." As to the first, any object, even a fairly streamlined one, will have a trail of bubbles if plunged into water. As to the second, perhaps they can toboggan faster than a running human, but waddline on their two feet? I don't know... --Yath 06:28, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Chilly Willy

There was, besides a game Chilly Willy, also a Tex Avery cartoon segment (http://www.toonopedia.com/chilly.htm) of the same name. Schissel : bowl listen 04:11, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

(Correction - that should be Lantz segment, Avery directed the Lantz studio.) Schissel : bowl listen 21:30, Feb 27, 2005 (UTC)

External genitalia

I added that penguins have external genitalia in the Anatomy section, after viewing an Animal Planet documentary. This can be backed up with this source (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/02/21/wpeng21.xml).

Needed sections

Etymology

Mating habits

Will help as time allows. Haiduc 11:16, 23 May 2005 (UTC)

Wrong Danish translation

In Danish, a penguin is called "Pingvin", not "Pengvin". I don't know how to edit this, or if it is editable at all, but if possible, please correct the error, and tell me how to edit those translations :-)

--MathiasRav 18:35, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Nevermind. Just found out how to edit it :-S

--MathiasRav 16:04, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)