when keepers at the Edinburghs zoo turn on the bubble blowing machine in the penguin enclosure dozens of penguins immediately waddle over to investigate. It almost live a traffic jam of penguins keeper Kirsty Leighton says. seeing the shiny bubble trigggers their natural hunting respsponse . That because the bubble resemble small shimmering fish the penguins would hunt in the wild it their subantarctic rage realizing that the bubbles aren't food dent seem to upset the birds They can't get enough of watching the bubble float and then trying to pop them with their them with their beaks leighton say sometime the pegs in the ground get so excited they make a noise called an ecstatic bray which is similar to the sound a donkey make. The penguin at the edinburgh zoo get other enrichment too. The birds can lounge on floating platforms similar to how pengnuin in the wide rest on ice they can also whoosh down a waterslide for fun and exercise. still chasing bubbles is the most popular activity with the penguins. Once a rock activist hoper named maui wanted all the fun for himself he nipped other penguins to keep them away when the penguin get naughty leightion say have to put bubble machine away.gentoo (at front ) and rockhopper penguins gather to check out the bubbles their enclosure. gentoos are the fastest water diving birds plunging down at 22 miles an hour. from called book national geotropic kids.
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