Ever wonder what zoo animals do for the holidays?
Over at Audubon Aquarium, the penguins have hung their stockings (okay, maybe they had some help hanging the stockings) and were paid a visit from capelin-bearing St. Nick. For more on our waddling buddies’ festivities, check out Audubon’s holiday special, “A Very Penguin Christmas,” from their web series, The Real Wild Animals of New Orleans.
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