Touching Animal Souls

> > Dear PenguinPromises > > The chicks have now left the colony and have gone to sea to begin life on their > own. They are now swimming up the coast of Patagonia towards Brazil. In a few > weeks time Promises will follow them to Brazil, but first there are things that > all the adult penguins must do before they can leave. > > When young birds leave the nest they are said to have fledged. In reality the > word refers to birds that can fly, but even though penguins cannot fly, the word > fledged is still correctly applied to penguins in both common language and scientific > reports. > > Once the chicks have fledged they are then called juveniles. The term juvenile > refers to what might be considered a penguin version of a human teenager. They > are now able to live independently from their parents and make their own way > in the world, but they have still not finished developing to attain their full &g