Talk:Gentoo penguin
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There should be a way to navigate to this page from the penguin page. --zandperl 20:22, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Look under the classification section:
Family Spheniscidae
- King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri
- Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua
Stan 20:53, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- My bad, I completely missed that! :-P --zandperl 01:41, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Etymology
The name gentoo comes from the French language, being a corruption of the word ghetto meaning "Poor" or "Senial". During the 18th century, the name was also applied to members of the Hindu faith.
This sounds wrong to me. The word ghetto is not of French origin (rather Italian, see http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ghetto ) and does not mean "poor" or even "senial" (which does not seem to be a word at all). Furthermore, as someone else has indicated, this assertion is somewhat undocumented. I googled quickly ('gentoo'+'hindu') and found the following, amongst others: http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/penguins/page6.phtml http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/NoDefinitionofHinduism.htm
What we can clearly establish is that "gentoo" was/is a derogatory term used to refer to Hindus (and others) by both British (possibly a corruption of "Hindu"?) and Portugese (from 'gentile').
I'll remove the reference to French, at least.
129.132.45.42 17:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Contradictions in the diet
One sentence tells us: Gentoo penguins are opportunistic feeders, and [...] take roughly equal proportions of fish, crustaceans and squid, and the next says Gentoos live mainly on crustaceans, [...] with fish making up only about 15% of the diet. Well, which is it?
[edit] Life Cycles of Gentoos
[edit] How long do they live for?
I've search many sites and not one gives a live span of the Gentoo. Book report due Thurs. Help
- http://www.google.com/search?q=%22gentoo%20penguins%22%20life%20span ¦ Reisio 05:16, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 500,000 g Eggs ?!?
I'm sure there is something wrong with this. How could a 7 kg creature lay an egg of 500 kg ? I changed it to 500 g, but I'm not sure of the actual weight of their eggs. (~Drysh)
[edit] Eggs
"Two eggs are laid, both weighing around 500 g." Is that each, or in total? GrahamBould 12:55, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation
dʒɛntu?? shouldn't it be something like jĕn`tŌ´ (from thefreedictionary.com) is there some wikipedia sanctioned pronunciation scheme that I missed?
[edit] Creches
"The chicks remain in the nests for about 30 days before forming creches." The "Creche" link redirects to "Crèche", which is a stub, saying it can mean "Day care centre" or "Nativity scene". So, wtf? Do the 30 day old chicks build themselves a little fort out of snow or clay? Or is there a third sense of the word, referring to some type of plumage? More info? Citation? --Infinoid 16:04, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Original Research
"The Gentoo are the most timid species of penguin."
I believe that the above is original reseach and that it should have a citation or be deleted. Teak the Kiwi 17:11, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
- Probably taken from another source, but should have a cite in any case. Feel free to whack in the meantime, it could also be vandalism (vandals like the penguin articles for some reason). Stan 17:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
