Remember When: Edinburgh penguins on the march

By The Newsroom
Published 4th Mar 2016, 13:01 BST
Updated 5th Mar 2016, 09:15 BST
Penguins take in the sights outside their home in the zoo in Corstorphine Road, as a tram trundles by in 1952.Penguins take in the sights outside their home in the zoo in Corstorphine Road, as a tram trundles by in 1952.
Penguins take in the sights outside their home in the zoo in Corstorphine Road, as a tram trundles by in 1952.
EDINBURGH Zoo has had penguins on show since January 1913, when three king penguins took up residence.

These days the zoo’s ‘Penguins Rock’ habitat houses colonies of gentoo, king and rockhopper penguins.

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