Penguin (pet)

Penguins are pets that can be incubated at a pet shop at level 30 Summoning. Penguin eggs can be obtained for free by talking to the Penguin Keeper at the Ardougne Zoo. On average, they take around 2 hours to hatch once put in the incubator (note, it only counts time spent logged in). (Incubators are located in pet shops, which are located in Taverley and Yanille.) After hatching, a baby penguin eats raw fish and will mature into an adult penguin over time. Baby penguins come in the colours of grey, brown, and blue. When taken from the incubator, the player taking the penguin will get a message saying "There is a newborn baby penguin here!"

When the baby penguin is born, for every 15% hunger it gains, it grows by 1%, and 5% takes about 2 mins (15% = 6 minutes (6.66h))

To know if a penguin is hungry, wait for the noise: "awk awk awk."

Penguins come in three different colours: plain grey, brownish grey, and bluish grey.

Penguins can be understood at 40 Summoning.

Trivia

 * If you take your penguin to a really snowy place, he will slide on his belly (only fully grown penguins can do this).
 * Pet penguins are the offspring of the devious penguins from Cold War and they have been revealed as part of the plot line in Postbag from the Hedge 35.
 * When you have your baby penguin following you, the examine information is Can't fly and can barely walk, but adorable none the less, but if you have it in your inventory, the examine information is Can't fly and can barely walk, but adorable nonetheless.This has not been fixed by Jagex on the blue-grey penguin.
 * A player can build a Polar habitat at your Menagerie in their Player-owned house. Even when they do so, your penguin may complain that it is too warm, even when standing in the menagerie. (In reality, penguins enjoy warm weather) It also won't slide, like it does on snow elsewhere.
 * There was a glitch involving penguin followers. When a member player dropped their penguin in a members' world (to have it following them) and then logged into a non members' world, the penguin was not visible and could starve and run away without notifying the player. If this happened and players talk to the Penguin keeper, players are unable to obtain another penguin egg. It is unknown if this glitch has been fixed. However, if this glitch had happened to players, they can obtain their penguin by talking to the pet shop lady in Yanille & asking if she has found any strays recently.
 * The examine information for the adult penguin is reference to emperor penguins, the largest of all penguin species.
 * Using another penguin egg with the incubator whilst having a penguin results in a message: "You already have that kind of that pet, you cannot have another."