Showing Some Love: Penguins Get Valentine’s Hearts for Nests

Showing Some Love: Penguins Get Valentine’s Hearts for Nests
An African penguin bites into a heart shaped valentine at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on Feb. 13, 2017. The valentines will be used as nesting material. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
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SAN FRANCISCO—Penguins at a California aquarium got more than their daily helping of fish to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

Biologist Piper Dwight handed out red hearts to 14 African penguins at the California Academy of Sciences during a feeding Monday.

An African penguin bites into a heart shaped valentine handed out by aquarium biologist Piper at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on Feb. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
An African penguin bites into a heart shaped valentine handed out by aquarium biologist Piper at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on Feb. 13, 2017. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu
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