A visitor gets acquainted with a gentoo penguin at the Tennessee Aquarium.
The penguins’ energetic swimming is part of the daily entertainment at Penguins’ Rock. A Party With the Penguins package, offering activities in the gallery and a screening of the Imax film “Happy Feet Two,” starts Monday.“Happy Feet Two” has opened on the giant screen of the Imax Theater, but before audiences don 3-D glasses they may want to mingle with the macaroni and gentoos inside the Tennessee Aquarium.
During Party With the Penguins, available Monday through Jan. 8, the penguin keepers will deliver a series of special programs each morning. The Aquarium opens at 10 a.m.
Among the fun facts guests will discover are the differences in the resident penguins’ feet.
“Most people recognize the size difference of the gentoos and the wild-looking yellow crest feathers of the macs,” said senior aviculturist Amy Graves. “But quite a few people miss the color difference of their feet.”
Gentoos waddle around on brightly colored yellow feet, while the macaronis use their pink feet to hop around and climb.