Pumpkin is a huge adult African Penguin Spheniscus demersus from Halifax Island off the Namibian coast. I found him on 6 May 2004, in an empty nest bowl in the main breeding colony, sporting large patches of oil on his chest, belly and flippers. I caught him, took him back to Lüderitz on my paddle-ski, and washed him. Since washing penguins strips the feathers of their natural waterproofing, they need to be held in captivity until they are waterproof again.