While most of us are being encouraged or legally required to stay in our homes, some penguins have been taken out of their enclosure for a day tour of the aquarium. Staff at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, which has closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even gave the penguins a chance to say hello to some beluga whales.

Check out this adorable footage of one of the penguins meeting a beluga whale:

"Wellington, meet the belugas! Spouting whale Penguin This weekend, Wellington visited Kayavak, Mauyak and baby Annik, who were very curious about this little rockhopper. Belugas are northern hemisphere animals, so they would likely never see a penguin!" the aquarium wrote in the caption for the post earlier this week.

In another post the aquarium wrote about the tour, it said:

"Time for a polar field trip! Penguins Tilly and near-yearling Carmen came face to face with beluga Kayavak. Not all penguins live in super cold regions. Magellanic penguins like Tilly and Carmen are temperate-weather birds."

Needless to say, people couldn't get enough of the interspecies meeting.

"I love how the belugas take turns seeing the penguins, like any well-mannered zoo/aquarium visitor does," one person wrote. "They get a good look then move away so someone else can see. I love belugas so much. Please tell them I said hello from North Carolina."

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"Oh Shedd ..I am a first time visitor and I am in love with your virtual display. Thank you for sharing during this Covid situation. Stay healthy," another grateful user wrote.

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"I’m a little bummed that the penguins won’t have as many field trips after social-distancing ends," a different user shared. "I hope aquariums consider having live-steam penguin days in the future! I’d make a donation towards that event!!"

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Shedd Aquarium has since replied to the above user by explaining that "these field trips are nothing new for the penguins at Shedd."

It added, "they are familiar with many parts of the aquarium, we just haven't share them publicly before. Field trips like this will continue in the future for the penguins."

[[imagecaption|| Credit: Twitter / Shedd Aquarium]]

While most of us are being encouraged or legally required to stay in our homes, some penguins have been taken out of their enclosure for a day tour of the aquarium. Staff at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, which has closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even gave the penguins a chance to say hello to some beluga whales.

Check out this adorable footage of one of the penguins meeting a beluga whale:

"Wellington, meet the belugas! Spouting whale Penguin This weekend, Wellington visited Kayavak, Mauyak and baby Annik, who were very curious about this little rockhopper. Belugas are northern hemisphere animals, so they would likely never see a penguin!" the aquarium wrote in the caption for the post earlier this week.

In another post the aquarium wrote about the tour, it said:

"Time for a polar field trip! Penguins Tilly and near-yearling Carmen came face to face with beluga Kayavak. Not all penguins live in super cold regions. Magellanic penguins like Tilly and Carmen are temperate-weather birds."

Needless to say, people couldn't get enough of the interspecies meeting.

"I love how the belugas take turns seeing the penguins, like any well-mannered zoo/aquarium visitor does," one person wrote. "They get a good look then move away so someone else can see. I love belugas so much. Please tell them I said hello from North Carolina."

[[imagecaption|| Credit: Twitter / @AdorakableWriter]]

"Oh Shedd ..I am a first time visitor and I am in love with your virtual display. Thank you for sharing during this Covid situation. Stay healthy," another grateful user wrote.

[[imagecaption|| Credit: Twitter / @AMarieMc06566385]]

"I’m a little bummed that the penguins won’t have as many field trips after social-distancing ends," a different user shared. "I hope aquariums consider having live-steam penguin days in the future! I’d make a donation towards that event!!"

[[imagecaption|| Credit: Twitter / @idonthaveaharp]]

Shedd Aquarium has since replied to the above user by explaining that "these field trips are nothing new for the penguins at Shedd."

It added, "they are familiar with many parts of the aquarium, we just haven't share them publicly before. Field trips like this will continue in the future for the penguins."

[[imagecaption|| Credit: Twitter / Shedd Aquarium]]