Juvenile King Penguins are called "Oakum Boys" since they resemble boys in the 1900's who packed the seams of wooden boats with tar and oakum. Some of the tar and oakum stuck to them throughout the day causing parts of their bodies to be brown and fluffy.


When the early seaman seen the King Penguins covered in their brown down, they were reminded of the "Oakum boys."


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