SeaWorld San Diego's Pearl comes in 3rd place in global most popular penguin contest
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — SeaWorld San Diego’s Emperor Penguin chick, Pearl, has positioned third within the international March of the Penguin Insanity Match.
After 5 bracket-style rounds and over 800,000 votes from the world over, three penguins earned trophies in Penguin Worldwide’s March of the Penguin Insanity Match out of the 48 penguins nominated by zoos and aquariums world wide.
Pearl, who was born simply again in September 2023, positioned third within the international competitors behind first place winner Kokosanka, the albino African penguin from Zoo Gdańsk in Poland, and Littlefoot, the second place King penguin from the Kansas Metropolis Zoo and Aquarium.
Pearl was the primary Emperor penguin chick to hatch at SeaWorld San Diego since 2010, and was named Pearl after 29,000 folks voted to pick her title.
“Our March of the Penguin Insanity competitors brings international consciousness to penguins in a enjoyable
manner whereas additionally offering training about penguins and the threats they face within the wild,”
states Katie Propp, the Chief Operations Officer at Penguins Worldwide. “The competitors has
continued to develop in reputation, it went viral within the UK in 2023 with Spike the King Penguin
from Birdland Park and Gardens topped the Peng Win Champion because of media consideration
from the BBC. This yr it went viral in Poland serving to Kokosanka win the crown. If each
person who voted for the penguins on this competitors took motion on their behalf, simply think about
the influence we might have for these animals within the wild!”
Representing San Diego, Birch Aquarium’s Little Blue Penguin, Meatloaf, and SeaWorld San Diego’s Pearl, made it to the third spherical of Penguin Worldwide’s March of the Penguin Insanity Match earlier this spring, with Pearl occurring to position third in the complete competitors.
View a full record of the 2024 contestants on-line right here.
The March of the Penguin Insanity Match is a world training initiative by Penguins Worldwide, a nonprofit group primarily based on Colorado. Their mission — “defending penguins to guard the planet.”
The penguins within the match had been nominated by staff at zoos, aquariums, museums and different establishments that look after penguins. Out of tons of of nominees, simply 48 contestants had been chosen to compete for the title of the world’s favourite penguin in 2024.
Congrats Pearl!