{"id":13367,"date":"2025-03-16T19:51:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/geriatric-penguins-get-a-retirement-home-at-new-england-aquarium\/"},"modified":"2025-03-16T19:51:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-16T19:51:22","slug":"geriatric-penguins-get-a-retirement-home-at-new-england-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/geriatric-penguins-get-a-retirement-home-at-new-england-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"Geriatric Penguins Get a \u2018Retirement Home\u2019 at New England Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Good etiquette is expected at meal time in the penguin colony, but the diners with the best manners are found on a new, special island for birds of a certain age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There, geriatric African penguins don\u2019t have to worry about younger birds bombarding the buckets of fish delivered by trainers at the New England Aquarium in Boston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey all get a good opportunity to eat and take their time and not feel rushed, not get pushed off the island by another animal that\u2019s anxious to eat,\u201d said Kristen McMahon, the aquarium\u2019s curator of pinnipeds and penguins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Six seabirds have moved to the island for \u201cretired\u201d penguins since it opened in February. Their relocation is meant to address the large number of penguins at the aquarium who are living well beyond the age they would be expected to reach in the wild. About half of the aquarium\u2019s 40 African penguins are older than the bird\u2019s life expectancy of 10 to 15 years, Ms. McMahon said, and some have doubled it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The residents of what Ms. McMahon described as a \u201ccountry club for older animals\u201d are sectioned off from three other islands inhabited by youngsters via a mesh gate in the water.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They can still see their fellow seabirds, but from the remove of a craggy rock island that has less pecking and noise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe birds are definitely quieter, there\u2019s less territoriality,\u201d said Ms. McMahon. \u201cThere\u2019s a little bit more laying down and resting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The geriatric penguins, who are mostly in their 30s, receive close monitoring for ailments such as cataracts and arthritis. They are fed fish that have been injected with extra water to promote kidney health, and they get treatments such as eye drops and physical therapy. Some even get acupuncture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cWe wanted a space that was a little bit lower paced and more easily observed by the veterinarian team and our training team on a daily basis,\u201d Ms. McMahon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">African penguins are a critically endangered species, and conservationists say that they <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/african-penguins-could-be-extinct-by-2035-how-to-save-them-243384\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">could become extinct by 2035<\/a>. Wild penguins are found in the coastal waters of South Africa and Namibia, where they face threats that include the depletion of food from overfishing, climate change and pollution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The life expectancy for wild African penguins likely does not reflect the reality for the species today, said Christina Hagen, the Pamela Isdell Fellow of Penguin Conservation at the organization BirdLife South Africa. (The group <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birdlife.org.za\/what-we-do\/seabird-conservation\/what-we-do\/coastal-seabird-conservation\/creating-penguin-colonies-2\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">is attempting to establish<\/a> an African penguin colony in the wild.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe population is experiencing a high level of adult mortality,<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>so<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>it\u2019s<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em>likely that they aren\u2019t living that long,\u201d Ms. Hagen said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The New England Aquarium, a nonprofit conservation and research institution that is home to more than 10,000 marine animals, participates in efforts to protect and restore the wild African penguin populations. They sent one of their trainers to South Africa last year to help rehabilitate rescued wild African penguins and plan to send another trainer this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The penguins at New England Aquarium are able to live so much longer because they do not face the same threats as wild birds and receive specialized care, such as acupuncture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Melissa Joblon, the aquarium\u2019s director of animal health, said the acupuncture treatments, which are rare, are for penguins with arthritis in their spines, which causes them to stiffen and walk less.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The penguins are placed on a small table in a room with the lights turned down. The acupuncturist, who also does work on humans, places the needles on the penguin\u2019s backs, hips and sometimes on the tops of their heads. \u201cSome of them just go right to sleep with that<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">,\u201d <\/em>Dr. Joblon said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One of the penguins on the retirement island, and another who is about to move in, have undergone surgery to remove one of their eyes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Joblon said the penguin Lambert, 32, had glaucoma that was causing pain and not getting better before his surgery. On the island for retired penguins, he has been able to chase his partner, Dyer, 14, around and become more comfortable navigating. \u201cHe\u2019ll kind of bounce around the island like a younger bird,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">One other couple lives on the island (Harlequin, 32, and Durban, 31) and so do two females without mates (Boulder, 34, and Isis, 29). One of the females, Isis, had struggled to find her own space on the main colony while getting pushed around by more dominant birds. \u201cThis is an area that she can build her own space and feel more comfortable, hopefully, in her own home,\u201d Dr. Joblon said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Aquarium workers are looking at ways to modify the island to make it easier for penguins with limited mobility to get around. They also hope it can be a useful space for younger birds to recover from medical issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The aquarium\u2019s oldest African penguin, Good Hope, 35, and his mate, St. Croix, 23, are set to move to the island soon. After that, the aquarium does not have plans to move in other birds, Ms. McMahon said, and the plan is to let this group \u201clive in harmony.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/science\/penguin-retirement-home-aquarium.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good etiquette is expected at meal time in the penguin 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