kermodei 7 Nov 2023 The back of the postcard reads: Carl Hagenbeck's Tierpark, Hamburg-Stellingen Humboldt-Pinguine
Prochilodus246 7 Nov 2023 Plus a single African penguin It makes me wonder that collections that mixed the two species could have possibly got hybrids but I have never heard of such happening.
Plus a single African penguin It makes me wonder that collections that mixed the two species could have possibly got hybrids but I have never heard of such happening.
kermodei 8 Nov 2023 @Prochilodus246 Good eye! Would you mind pointing the individual out? I can't seem to spot them ^^"
Osedax 8 Nov 2023 @kermodei I think it is the one fourth from the right of the photograph, behind the Humboldts.
Fallax 8 Nov 2023 @Prochilodus246 It may be possible, penguin hybrids aren't talked about much they certainly have happened. There is evidence of hybridisation between Humboldt and Magellanic penguins in southern South America, considering the close relatedness of the African species it wouldn't be too surprising if hybridisation was theoretically possible: Genetic evidence of hybridization between Magellanic (Sphensicus magellanicus) and Humboldt (Spheniscus humboldti) penguins in the wild - Genetica
@Prochilodus246 It may be possible, penguin hybrids aren't talked about much they certainly have happened. There is evidence of hybridisation between Humboldt and Magellanic penguins in southern South America, considering the close relatedness of the African species it wouldn't be too surprising if hybridisation was theoretically possible: Genetic evidence of hybridization between Magellanic (Sphensicus magellanicus) and Humboldt (Spheniscus humboldti) penguins in the wild - Genetica
Prochilodus246 8 Nov 2023 @Osedax is correct! Thanks @Fallax for the link, a very interesting article, but shame there are no photographs mind
@Osedax is correct! Thanks @Fallax for the link, a very interesting article, but shame there are no photographs mind
