The estimated age of the Magellanic penguin, called Captain Eo, was well over the species' average life expectancy of 20 to 30 years, the zoo said.
This undated photo released by the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens, shows, a male Magellanic penguin, called Captain EO, at the zoo in San Fransisco. The oldest Magellanic penguin at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens one of the oldest penguins living under human care anywhere in the world died Wednesday, July 6, 2022, at the age of 40, the zoo reported. The species' average life expectancy is 20 to 30 years.
Captain Eo was named for a 1980s Michael Jackson short film that was a Disneyland attraction and he was the last remaining founding member of the zoo's Magellanic penguin colony. Magellanic penguin are native to South America. They can grow more than 2 feet tall and weight as much as 14 pounds . “He did not partake in the usual shenanigans of stealing fish from others, or pushing his way through the crowd for fish. Instead, he would quietly and politely sit on the rocky beach and wait his turn for his meal, then go out for a swim or home," Brown said. “He was one-of-a-kind.“
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