The safari penguin yard in Ramat Gan also has loves, betrayals, separations, and in general quite a bit of drama. During the special tour of “Israel Today” and the Ramat Gan safari, we hear how one can differentiate between one penguin and another, why the caregivers take care to feed the penguins and give them the fish directly into their mouths and also why even in winter the big fans aiming at the penguins keep working.
Sparleive: When Penguin Was Born // Photo: Gil Kramer
As mentioned, after a long relationship, Sookie and Chopchikoni, the penguin females who were an exemplary couple, decided to separate feathers and burrows. Chopchikoni moved on to a new relationship with Noam (who is a male) and the drama gained another episode when on the first day of 2021 a tiny chick hatched for them. After much deliberation and in the background of the successful series “Rehearsals”, it was decided to call the little chick that hatched in the shadow of an equally exciting farewell story, a poop.
And what about Sookie? Thank you for asking. She began a new relationship with the 4-year-old star who has been consistently courting her.
They are not the only ones in this yard where you can meet all 19 of the safari penguins for their variety of interesting stories, including the story of the penguin queen who refuses to leave his parents’ nest even though he is really big.