Name: The Gift of a Pebble
Uploaded: 2018-09-12T21:35:06.000Z
Duration: 1 min 54 s
Description: The kids learn that Pebbles will receive a pebble as a gift from her mate for life.

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The Gentoo Penguin lives in the Antarctic. It can swim and dive well underwater. The male Gentoo courts the female by picking the “perfect pebble” for her from a nearby nest and presenting it to her as a gift! This means the male penguin wants to be the female's partner for life.

The kids learn that Pebbles will receive a pebble as a gift from her mate for life.