Thursday, October 17, 2019

Prickly Penguins


The next group of colorful plastic animals visitors at the Desert Botanical Garden see are a group of penguins.  What a totally foreign animal to see in the desert.  The artists have given these creatures thorns so they mimic the plants of the desert.

The statement about this group says that the penguins have grown thorns in response to the prickly situation they find themselves in with the melting ice and rising temperatures affecting their arctic home.

As you can see from the top photo, some of the animals light up so they glow at night.

11 comments:

PerthDailyPhoto said...

I looooove your Botanical Gardens Sharon, they always have fun, relevant and important events 💙

Steve Reed said...

Groovy green penguins! (Sounds like a band!)

RedPat said...

These are great! Not what you expect at a botanical garden at all!

Catalyst said...

Wonderful!

Bill said...

and they even light up at night, that's great and very cool.

William Kendall said...

Wonderful!

Revrunner said...

A "pair" of prickly penguins. :-)

Alphie Soup said...

And more likely, rising sea temperatures and melting sea ice in the Antarctic, the actual home of penguins.
Alphie

Kate said...

How great to politicize in such a charming way!

Kay said...

Green penguins with thorns. They're so interesting but they're making a very sad statement.

Thérèse said...

I love the idea, less the plastic side of it.