Web-cams are positioned around the zoo in an internet popularity contest. The penguins despise this new motion and rebel, until Private makes a misstep and becomes the star animal of the zoo.

When the penguins, lemurs and Marlene go off to meet the zoo's newest exhibit, they all start disappearing one by one. When only Kowalski is left, he must save his friends by learning to act on instinct instead of intellect.