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Keeping Penguins Healthy & Frisky with the Right Environmental Conditions

Discover how our RF solution helped Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium to maintain the correct temperature & humidity levels for their cute penguins!

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The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA and is open to visitors most days of the year. It is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations.

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While the ice hockey team may be the better-known Penguins in Pittsburgh, the penguins at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium are definitely the cuter ones!

The 24 penguins in the PPG Aquarium (17 Gentoo and 7 Macaroni penguins) love to dive, swim, preen, play in their climate-controlled enclosure. Their cute antics make them a popular draw with children and their parents who often press themselves against the glass to see them.

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Penguins are sensitive to temperature and humidity. If conditions are out of their ideal range for an extended period of time, the penguins could develop a respiratory infection called Aspergillosis, or Asper. Aspergillosis is a fungal infection that can be severe and/or even chronic.

Simple Solution

To help monitor and maintain a healthy environment for their fine feathered friends, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium uses our RF temperature and humidity loggers – two RF loggers monitoring the temperature and humidity in the penguin enclosure itself and one RF unit with a probe to monitor the water temperature.

Let’s Keep Penguins Happy!

Clausen also appreciates the access to full historical data in the BluConsole cloud-based dashboard.

Clausen also stated that having the data centralized and accessible allows the PPG Aquarium to be a more efficient operation.

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