Detroit Zoo showcases new penguin habitat

Apr 13, 2016

Detroit Zoo showcases new penguin habitat

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The Polk Penguin Conservation Center houses 83 penguins and offers 33,000 square-feet of space and a 326,000 gallon pool.

: In a March 25, 2016 photo, A juvenile Rockhopper penguin has yet to develop its signature yellow eyebrow feathers, at the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the zoo in Royal Oak, Mich. The roughly $30 million Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak is being unveiled to the public on April 18. (Donna Terek/The Detroit News via AP).

: A penguin swims in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Penguins swim in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Penguins are photographed in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Penguins swim in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Penguins are photographed in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Penguins swim in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: In a March 7, 2016 photo, zookeeper Lindsay Ireland feeds a group of Rockhopper penguins at the zoo in Royal Oak, Mich. The roughly $30 million Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak is being unveiled to the public on April 18. (Donna Terek/The Detroit News via AP)

: Penguins swim in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: In a March 25, 2016 photo, Rockhopper penguins move ice cubes from place to place in the current Penguinarium. simulating nest-building behavior, in Royal Oak, Mich. Penguins make their nests with rocks. During nesting season zookeepers will give them river rocks to work with. The roughly $30 million Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the zoo in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak is being unveiled to the public on April 18. (Donna Terek/The Detroit News via AP).

: Penguins swim in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the world’s largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Detroit Zoo Zoo CEO Ron Kagan stands in a tunnel as penguins swim above him in the new Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the zoo, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and tunnels where visitors can watch species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: Penguins are photographed in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: A penguin swims in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the world’s largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: This photo shows the exterior of the new Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the Detroit Zoo, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and tunnels where visitors can watch species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: A penguin swims in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

: A penguin swims in the Detroit Zoo’s new Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Wednesday, April 13, 2016, in Royal Oak, Mich. The new penguin habitat that the zoo calls the worldís largest such facility offers its 80-plus residents new rocks for climbing, waves, snow and better ice conditions, while allowing visitors to come nose-to-beak with the stately birds. A preview Wednesday showed off the $30 million center, which features an underwater gallery and two tunnels where visitors can watch four species of penguins swim above, around and below them. It opens to the public Monday. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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