Officials at the San Francisco Zoo are mourning the loss of 'Captain EO,' who has lived at the zoo's penguin colony since it was founded nearly four decades ago.
SAN FRANCISCO – Officials at the San Francisco Zoo are mourning the loss of"Captain EO," who has lived at the zoo's penguin colony since it was founded nearly four decades ago.
"Captain EO," a member of the penguin colony at the San Francisco Zoo from its founding in 1984 to his death on July 6, 2022.Named after an attraction at Disney theme parks, Captain EO was among 52 penguins brought to the zoo that year as founding members of the Penguin Island colony. Quinn Brown, the zoo's assistant curator of birds, has worked with Captain EO for more than 20 years and described the penguin as having the personality of"and older sophisticated gentleman."
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