It’s so cold in Canada now that even the penguins can’t take it any more
Temperatures of -30 Celsius forced the Calgary zoo to shelter its Antarctic penguins indoors, while temperatures dropped to -40 elsewhere in Canada
Just how cold is it in Canada right now? Ask the penguins at the Calgary zoo – even they have had to take shelter.
King penguins – one of five species at the zoo in western Alberta province – are certainly accustomed to chilly weather, more so than species like the Humboldt that prefer somewhat warmer climes, said zoo curator Malu Celli.
But with a cold snap pushing temperatures to -30 degrees Celsius on New Year’s Eve – and feeling more like -40 in the wind – and with one five-month-old penguin chick still maturing, zoo officials decided to draw a line in the snow on Sunday, setting -25 as the birds’ limit.
Across Canada, planned New Year’s Eve festivities in several cities – for humans, that is – were moved indoors amid a particularly brutal cold snap.