Uploaded on Apr 11, 2007    16 views    0
Tags: Penguin,gentoo chick,Penguin family
Description:A gentoo penguin with it's 2 youngsters. Although these penguins usually lay 2 eggs per couple, it is not often that they are able to raise both to...

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2007    17 views    0
Tags: Penguin,Egg,King Penguin
Description:Unlike the emperor, king parents share the responsibility of incubating the egg. This adult king penguin is carefully rotating the egg, which is...

Uploaded on Aug 30, 2007    80 views    0
Tags: Tux the Penguin,Tux,penguin,Linux,Tux wallpaper,Tux desktop
Description:Linus took his inspiration from a photograph he found on an FTP site, showing a penguin figurine looking strangely like the Creature Comforts...

Uploaded on Aug 30, 2007    116 views    0
Tags: Tux the Penguin,Tux,penguin,Linux,Tux wallpaper,Tux desktop
Description:The concept of the Linux mascot being a penguin came from Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux. Tux was created by Larry Ewing in 1996 after an...

Uploaded on Aug 30, 2007    85 views    0
Tags: Tux the Penguin,Tux,penguin,Linux,Tux wallpaper,Tux desktop
Description:The first person to call the penguin "Tux" was James Hughes who said that it stood for "(T)orvalds (U)ni(X)".

Uploaded on Aug 30, 2007    147 views    0
Tags: Tux the Penguin,Tux,penguin,Tux logo wallpaper,Linux,Tux wallpaper,Tux pic
Description:Torvalds was looking for something fun and sympathetic to associate with Linux, and a slightly fat penguin sitting down after having had a great...

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2007    5 views    0
Tags: Penguin,king penguins,Penguin Quorum
Description:4 king penguins appear to be having a brain trust. Taken on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia island.

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2007    7 views    0
Tags: Penguin,king penguin,Nap Time
Description:Most penguins lay 2 eggs, but king penguins, like their bigger cousins the emperor, lay only one.

Uploaded on Apr 11, 2007    0 views    0
Tags: Penguin,African Penguin,Penguin Parade...Revised
Description:Revised after reviewer comments. This shows chinstrap penguins coming and going from their colony and the ocean.They relieve their mate on the nest...

Uploaded on Aug 30, 2007    80 views    0
Tags: Tux the Penguin,Tux,penguin,logo pic,Linux,Tux wallpaper,Tux zune wallpaper
Description:Tux was designed for a Linux logo contest. Confusingly, there were actually three separate contests and Tux didn't win any of them. This is why Tux...