The average swimming speed of black-footed penguins is 7 kilometers per hour, and the maximum speed can reach 20 kilometers per hour.

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[Reporter Cai Sipei/Taipei Report] Taipei Zoo is a good spot for family outings during the Spring Festival. The Penguin Pavilion at the zoo is even more popular. Everyone wants to see the cute penguins.

According to the zoo, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am every day is the time for the penguins to swim and bathe. Visitors have the opportunity to see their amusing appearances as they shuttle through the water at high speed and soak in the soup.

Penguin is a kind of flightless bird, but it can shuttle freely in the water. The average swimming speed of black-footed penguin is 7 kilometers per hour, and the fastest speed can reach 20 kilometers per hour. The penguin can dive into the water for about 2 minutes.

The black-footed penguin is the only penguin living in Africa. In recent years, due to habitat destruction, marine pollution, overfishing and other factors, the number of wild penguins has declined rapidly. In 2013, it was listed as an endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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Swimming is an important ecological feature of penguins. If penguins rarely swim in the water, they are prone to foot-related diseases such as bumble feet. For the health of black-footed penguins, caregivers must encourage them to swim more.

Taipei Zoo arranges morning swimming activities for black-footed penguins. Every morning, the conservation staff will invite the penguins to the outdoor playground. At this time, some black-footed penguins can be seen swimming around underwater. , There are also penguins bathing and grooming on the water, which is very amusing like soaking in a "public pool".

Recently, the zoo has also installed a new nano-bubble machine for penguins to increase the oxygen content in the water and purify the water quality. Some black-footed penguins who like to pursue freshness will deliberately go back and forth through the bubbles.

Penguins swim and flap their wings in the water, just like birds flying in the sky, but the penguins "fly" in the water.

Black-footed penguins are the only penguins that live in Africa.

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If penguins swim too little, they are prone to foot-related diseases.

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