National Penguin Awareness Day

National Penguin Awareness Day 2010. Happy National Penguin Awareness Day! Yes, it’s January 20th again and it’s our little flippered friends’ day to get some attention, aside from some little ceremony that’s happening on the east coast (j/k – congratulations, Mr. President!).

Anyway, be sure to take some time today to learn or do something relating to penguins whether it be learning more about them, visiting them at the zoo or aquarium, reading awesome books about them, or even just spending countless hours on flickr or YouTube looking at them. Here’s a few to get you started.

Today is Penguin Awareness Day! Did you know:

* A penguin colony becomes a source of heat in cold weather
* The colony provides protection from predators
* The young in a penguin colony form a nursery, or crèches, leaving both parents free to fish together