Valentines in the Animal Kingdom! 💕💍❄️
Can you guess which animal finds the perfect pebble to propose? Plus - chocolate covered strawberries and a free colouring sheet 🥳
Can you guess which animal finds the perfect pebble to propose?
I’ll give you some hints:
They’re a bird but they can’t fly (unless they have a plane and a pilots license).
They live in super cold climates like Antarctica.
A very famous movie called Happy Feet is based on them …
You guessed it - penguins!
Specifically the Gentoo penguin. Males take their time to find the perfect pebble and present it to the female they want to spend their life with. It’s not just a sweet gesture, the pebble itself helps build a nest for them to start a family!
Feels very fitting with valentines day coming up!
One of the things I love about Emperor penguins is that they take turns being on the outside of a circle in storms when it’s cold, and then in the middle where it’s nice and toasty.
For more fun facts like this, check out my book ‘A Caravan of Camels, Fun Collective Nouns, and Who Poops Cubes?!’ The free colouring sheet on this newsletter is from it!
Chocolate Covered Strawberries 😋
You’ll need:
As many strawberries as your heart desires
White chocolate
Milk chocolate
Long toothpicks (to dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate)
Clean your strawberries, pat them dry, and insert the toothpicks.
Melt the chocolate (in a microwave or a double boiler technique).
Cover a tray or large plate with parchment paper.
Dip the strawberries into the melted chocolate and place onto the parchment paper.
For added decoration, drizzle the white chocolate strawberries with the milk chocolate. And drizzle the milk chocolate strawberries with white chocolate!
Leave in the fridge to set the chocolate and enjoy!
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