why penguins?

where are the penguins is an inside joke to us at the seaport. on any given day i can count on at least one misguided person calling and asking about our penguin exhibit or if they can swim with the dolphins or what time is the whale show. at first i took great pains in explaing that we are in fact the seaport and have ships and various other maritime related exhibits and that they were in fact confusing us with the aquarium which is a mile down the road...and no we are not affiliated with each other. over time however, i started to become a little jaded and my now standard response is "we slayed them, they display them!" which i guess is a little crass, but gets the point across, some people who have senses of humor even enjoy the response! oh how i will miss those phone calls!