Penguin walk back at Calgary Zoo

For king penguins, you know, in the wild they walk really long distances all the time, so this is a great way for us to kind of get them out, get them moving, and get them doing something that's really really natural for them, and they're always super interested in doing it. So like they're always waiting for us, they're always waiting by the door, they know when the penguin walk is, they know when we start getting to this time of year when we come in in the morning, they're lined up at the gate ready to go outside, and then when they're outside they get right to the gate where they come out to walk, and they know what time the walk is, they're usually sitting there ready for the the staff to open up the doors and get them going. Obviously like we have certain parameters we have for the walk, so we don't walk when it's above five degrees celsius, and we don't walk when the winds are above 20 kilometers an hour, so that's just to help protect the health of the birds. So if we're if we're going to be cancelling the walks, they're not outside, but they're usually still really interested, they'll kind of be waiting by the gate, and we gotta, yeah, we'll let them into the hallway and maybe do some some training with them or some weighing with them, but then I love penguins. Have you seen them before? Yes, plenty of times.