These guys are so cute, and that's what attracts us to them. But they're also very sophisticated animals, perfectly adapted to their environment.

This is not Bambi. You can't think of these things as cute cartoon characters. They are animals.

This study provides a unique opportunity to have direct access to an aspect of the natural world that would otherwise be inaccessible. This research also may have real applications in addressing skeletal deformities that occasionally occur in captive penguins. By establishing the normal mechanics of penguin walking, we can better understand how to recognize and deal with abnormalities.

All of the King penguins were brought in as eggs and hatched here. They consider themselves little people and consider us big penguins. There's no fear on their part. By far, they are the most visited exhibit we have here.

The average pastor gets this (superstar) model and most of us sense our inadequacies. We think, 'I can't cut it unless I get some help from these guys.' I think that's the biggest thing.

They've isolated us. There's something about bears. People see them as cute and cuddly.