Joan Hemker, from Hemker Park & Zoo in Freeport, Minn. holds Ruby, a 2 1/2 year old Black Footed Penguin, while McCullen Mayo, 5, pets the coastal South African Bird during a City of Excelsior educational talk Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012.

Hundreds of people waited on line to spend a few minutes with Ruby and Dee, two juvenile Black Footed Penguins from coastal South Africa, as part of an educational talk sponsored by the City of Excelsior Saturday, Dec. 8, in the Lake Minnetonka town. The penguins were visiting from Hemker Park & Zoo in Freeport, Minn.

Ruby, right, and Dee, mated 21/2 year old Black Footed Penguins, visited downtown Excelsior Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. Hundreds of people, in groups of about 30, got to spend a few minutes with the two coastal South African birds while Joan Hemker, from Hemker Park & Zoo in Freeport, Minn., gave an educational talk to visitors to the Lake Minnetionka community.