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Penguin Day

Posted onApril 25, 2017April 25, 2017Leave a comment

World Penguin Day (25th April) seems like a good excuse to share some photos of one of Macquarie Island’s four resident penguin species, the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus).   And a video of a typically inquisitive and slightly pugnacious posse Read More …

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Penguins

Posted onApril 26, 2015August 6, 20161 Comment

If ever one needed an excuse to post pictures of penguins, yesterday was World Penguin Day. Four penguin species breed on Macquarie Island. King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) can reach a metre tall and can dive to deeper than 300 metres. Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsfauna, Macquarie Island, penguins, Subantarctic

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