THE PENGUIN KEEPER

We were very lucky that Kyla's mum came to tell us about when she worked as a PENGUIN KEEPER at Kelly Tarlton's in Auckland.


When she’s cleaning the pool the Gentoos nip her and bully her. Kings are feisty but don’t annoy her. Cleaning! What a job. The pool is scrubbed 3 times a week the rocks are thoroughly scrubbed and fresh snow is put down 2 times day. The enclosure is hosed down and the penguins have to be hand fed. Kings lay one egg and Gentoos lay two. They live in colonies. The penguins have bands so they know who’s who. The penguin keeper wears wet weather pants and a jersey because it is icy cold and wet in the enclosure.
By Manoj