{"id":16429,"date":"2018-10-03T10:21:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=16429"},"modified":"2018-10-03T10:21:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T15:21:37","slug":"penguins-and-puffins-at-the-st-louis-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/penguins-and-puffins-at-the-st-louis-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"penguins and puffins at the st. louis zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>after thoroughly enjoying the Humboldt penguins outside, we went into the chilly penguin palace.\u00a0 these are king penguins, native to Antarctica. they&#8217;re the second-largest penguin type, at about 33 pounds.\u00a0 and so cute.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16414\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s34.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s34.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s34-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16415\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s35.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s35-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16416\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s36.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s36.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s36-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>at one point they all started making a terrific noise in unison, reminding me of the chorus that amy and jim&#8217;s dogs break into from time to time.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t have time to videotape it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16417\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s37.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s37-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>for some reason this great big penguin reminds me of the character Gru from the &#8220;despicable me&#8221; movies.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16418\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s38.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s38-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16419\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s39.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/s39-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>even though I didn&#8217;t get any video, here&#8217;s an awesome one from the zoo&#8217;s website, showing the darling baby penguins growing up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Td3cBoqQlag?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>in another room were puffins.\u00a0 I was happily surprised to see them, because when kevin and I hiked in wales, we took a boat trip around an island that is world-renown for the huge amount of puffins that come to the island every year.\u00a0 unfortunately we were about a week too late to see the puffins on the island.\u00a0 on the other hand, they told us that people line up at four in the morning in order to get on the boat to see the puffins, and that probably wouldn&#8217;t have been the most fun thing to do.<\/p>\n<p>I bought kevin a stuffed puffin at the gift shop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16431\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/s40.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/s40.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/s40-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>it was nice inside the chilly penguin\/puffin housing because it was getting a bit warm outside.<\/p>\n<p>we only had time to see a few more animals before the zoo closed at five.<\/p>\n<p>ok then, more soon,<\/p>\n<p>mrs. h.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>after thoroughly enjoying the Humboldt penguins outside, we went into the chilly penguin palace.\u00a0 these are king penguins, native to Antarctica. they&#8217;re the second-largest penguin type, at about 33 pounds.\u00a0 and so cute. at one point they all started making a terrific noise in unison, reminding me of the chorus 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