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Penguin Live Cam
Topic Started: Jan 18 2007, 08:18 PM (280 Views)
Kiwi
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Today is Penguin Awareness Day, you can see three being fed here:
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_splash/splash_cam.asp

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Tell us abut the penguins in your country, there are so many different kinds in the world.
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Our Penguins

We have Little Blue Penguins locally. They come ashore right round our harbour, cross busy roads at dusk to roost in secluded areas. If their secluded area happens to be underneath your house near the shore there can be a clash of the species (homo sapiens v penguins ). IMHO they are noisy and smelly, when they're a bit close. Rather like the NZ Fur Seals which are a bit more sensible who come ashore in more remote locations around the harbour, you actually smell them before you see them! If its a seal they can be quite dangerous, they can move a lot faster than you think!

In Dunedin, the Hoiho, or Yellow Eyed Penguin has a rookery near the city. This species is under attack from local cats, the occasional loose dog, and introduced Stoats. The environment is being closely watched by concerned locals, but even so this species sometimes just falls sick, through either algal blooms, parasitic infestations, or maybe even starvation.

The Fiordland Crested Penguin is in much better shape, but their range is in one of the most remote and pristine locations on this Earth.

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This is really neat. Thanks Ann.

No penguins here ... except in the zoo.
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Jezzie, we are the same, none here either. At least I don't think so. :):
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Hi Ann, jezzie and Kahu:

I checked out Google............and apparently The Emperor Penguin is from the frigid waters of Antartica. Hope I read it correctly. They are the largest spieces at an average height of 1.3 metres.........Wow!

Always learning new info here at WWS................ :action:

Thanks Ann.........the video was great. :):
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That is pretty tall MC. Gracie... steer clear :dog:
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mamacarol
Jan 19 2007, 08:44 AM
............and apparently The Emperor Penguin is from the frigid waters of Antartica.

The Emperor certainly does breed on the ice in Antarctica, as in those spectacular films out last year. It does also 'range' up to the southern islands of NZ which are World Heritage wildlife refuge sites. NZ Department of Conservation has removed all alien, exotic species as it can to return the islands to near pristine conditions.

The problem was that these islands lay in the path of the old sailing ship routes in the Roaring 40's. There were many shipwrecks and a great loss of life and poor survival rates. Livestock, goats, and sheep, were put on the islands as a source of food for shipwrecked seamen, and rats escaped from visiting ships. All this caused a depletion of wildlife on the islands. Campbell Island also had a sheep/cattle station established during WW1 which lasted until the beginning of the Depression in the 30's. Coastwatchers had to live on these isolated and desolate islands right through WW2, and even these activities left a mark on a fragile environment.

The hardest, but most successful task, was eradicating the Norway Rat. DoC workers have also advised and worked on island wild life refuges in the Orkneys and Hebrides in the north of the Scotland and other place worldwide. :action:
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Did they manage to get rid of the rats Kahu?
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That was their major success Ann, and since then they've gone on to do the same for the Puffin breeding areas in the Hebrides and Orkneys.
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They're doing a great job, Those puffins are incredible birds.
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:action: ..I love penguins..they are so darn cute....the way they "waddle"..
like a weeble......Ive just seen them in zoos...... :rolleyes:
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Unfortunately, there are no penguins here in Canada. They look like such a facinating bird. And to think they really are flying through the water.
Did any of you enjoy "The March of the Penguins"?
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Yes no penguins here in Canada and they are so cute...but we do have polar bears!!!! :):

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Alan I have seen a documentary on the little blue penguins...seems they can be quite a nusinance
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agate
Jan 27 2007, 03:48 PM
Yes no penguins here in Canada and they are so cute...but we do have polar bears!!!! :):

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Alan I have seen a documentary on the little blue penguins...seems they can be quite a nusinance

You betcha, especially if they decide to nest under your house! They're noisy and smelly! There's a sound file on my penguin post link! Try it!
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