Humboldt Penguin

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SCIENTIFIC NAME Spheniscus humboldti

RANGE Shores of Peru and Chile

LOCATION IN THE ZOO Galápagos Islands

COOL ANIMAL FACT They get their name from the cold sea current that runs along the west coast of South America from Chile to Peru – and that was named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt.

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Galápagos Islands