baby penguin.

This one's for anyone who's really excited about "Happy Feet Two" but can't wait for next week to get a penguin fix. You're welcome. ...

Linda Drake, solent This special moment between an emperor penguin and its chick is über adorable, but are you aware of the odds this little fella had to overcome to make it to this point? The Antarctic winters during which penguin eggs are laid can see wind chills as low as -76 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperatures are so frigid that if the egg is allowed to rest on the cold ice, the chick will not survive, according to National Geographic. A female leaves its egg with a male for about two months while she travels up to 50 miles to hunt for food, which she will regurgitate upon returning to feed her newly hatched chick. The males, with their eggs carefully balanced on their feet and ...

Mystic Aquarium Well no, he's not the next Picasso. But Blue Blue, an African penguin living at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, is still quite the little artiste, if we may say so ourselves. It may be fair to say, however, that he's the Picasso of penguins. Here's how the artist works: Non-toxic paint is applied to the feet of the one-year-old webbed wonder, who then waddles around, creating art to be sold on the aquarium's website. The 16-inch-by-20-inch paintings are double-matted in white with black inner trim and encased in a black wood frame. Available in two three-color combinations -- dark red, blue and green and purple, blue and green -- the works (being sold at under $125) ...