Swimming Is Fun For Australian Little Penguin
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Swimming Is Fun For Australian Little Penguin
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Little penguin from Sea Life in Sydney.
Penguins are seabirds that don't fly. They have a beak, feathers and lay eggs. Penguins have modified wings called flippers that they use for swimming in the ocean.
Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) are the smallest of all penguin species. They stand approximiately 33cm tall and weigh around one kilogram, with males weighing slightly more than females. Little penguins breed in colonies along the southern coastlines of Australia and New Zealand, with Phillip Island in Victoria home to an estimated 32,000 breeding adults.
Adult little penguins are the only penguins in the world with blue and white feathers instead of black and white feathers. They are 'countershaded', the dark blue back of penguins blends in with the water to camouflage against any predators flying or swimming overhead, and the light stomach blends in with the sky to camouflage against any predators swimming underneath.
Little penguins only move around on land after sunset when their land predators are sleeping.
From your purchase 50% of profits will be donated here: https://www.penguinfoundation.org.au/about-little-penguins/
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February 9th, 2018
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