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Pierre the penguin needed a custom wetsuit to swim. 🐧
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Animal OdditiesSep 17, 2026

Pierre the penguin needed a custom wetsuit to swim. 🐧

Pierre the penguin needed a custom wetsuit to swim. 🐧 . . . In 2007, the 25-year-old African penguin lost so many feathers that cold water made him shiver. Staff at the California Academy of Sciences fitted him with a neoprene suit in 2008 for his regular swims. About 6 weeks later, his feathers returnedβ€”and the wetsuit came off.

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https://phys.org/news/2016-05-penguin-wore-wetsuit-starred-kid.html
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