Children in hospital paint pebbles for penguins to gift mate

Children in hospital paint pebbles for penguins to gift their mates

Penguins pick breeding pebbles painted by kids in the hospital

The practice, known as pebbling, marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins.

The Pebbling of the Penguins

How do you woo a woman? My advice: find a pretty stone that suits the tastes of your preferred companion, place the stone in your mouth, then deliver it to her nest.Trust me, bros. It works.This is how male gentoo penguins at the Edinburgh Zoo impress female penguins. About a hundred of these creatures live there and the mating season is upon us. To assist the penguins in their romantic ambitions, children painted stones and presented them to th…