Little penguin in Adelaide Zoo

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I've been feeling content that I saw the smallest spices of penguin in Australia, even though they aren't wild. They're really cute and have funny sound. If you wanna see feral penguins for free, my friend had ever told me there is a place near St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. I don't know where it actually is. You can also try the other places in Tasmania. It's important to choose a correct time to see them, usually after dusk, they'll come back to their homes that are usually rocky cave near the seacoast. Because of the time, it's hard to have a photo of them. (Remember not to use the flash in the dark)

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Penguins in Adelaide Zoo
阿德雷德動物園裡的小企鵝

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Penguins in Adelaide Zoo
阿德雷德動物園裡的小企鵝



Penguins in Adelaide Zoo
阿德雷德動物園裡的小企鵝



Penguins in Adelaide Zoo
阿德雷德動物園裡的小企鵝



Penguins in Adelaide Zoo
阿德雷德動物園裡的小企鵝



Penguins in Adelaide Zoo
阿德雷德動物園裡的小企鵝


Information from Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Penguin
The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin. The penguin, which is about 43 cm (16 in) tall, is found on the coastlines of southern Australia and New Zealand, with possible records from Chile.

Apart from Little Penguins, they have several common names. In Australia, they are also referred to as Fairy Penguins because of their tiny size. In New Zealand, they are also called Little Blue Penguins, or just Blue Penguins, owing to their slate-blue plumage, and they are called Kororāin Māori.
The Little Penguin typically grows to 41 cm (16 in) tall and weighs about one kilogram (2.2 pounds). The male is a little larger than the female, although their plumage is similar. The head and upperparts are indigo in colour, with slate-grey ear coverts fading to white underneath, from the chin to the belly. The flippers are indigo above and white underneath. The dark grey-black bill is 3-4 cm long, the irises pale silvery- or bluish-grey or hazel, and the feet whitish above with black soles and webbing. An immature individual will have a shorter bill and paler upperparts.

Like most seabirds, they have a long lifespan. The average for the species is 6.5 years, but flipper ringing experiments have recorded individuals that have lived for over 20 years.

At Phillip Island, southeast of Melbourne, a viewing area has been set up at the Phillip Island Nature Park to allow tourists to view the nightly "penguin parade". Lights and concrete stands have been erected to allow visitors to see but not photograph the birds interacting in their colony, who are not bothered by their spectators. The "parade",which stands as a very popular attraction, brings half a million visitors a year. Visitors to Kangaroo Island, South Australia, have the nightly opportunity to commune with penguins at the Kangaroo Island Marine Centre in Kingscote and at the Penneshaw Penguin Centre.

The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony is the New Zealand equivalent to Phillip Island's penguin parade.
Linus Torvalds, the original creator of Linux (a popular operating system kernel), was once bitten by a Little Penguin while on holiday in Australia. Reportedly, this encounter encouraged Torvalds to select Tux as the official Linux mascot.

Penny the Little Penguin was the mascot for the 2007 FINA World Swimming Championships held in Melbourne, Victoria.


維基百科上的資訊 http://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=小蓝企鹅&variant=zh-hant
小藍企鵝（學名：Spheniscus magellanicus），又名小企鵝、藍企鵝、神仙企鵝、仙企鵝、小鰭腳企鵝，是企鵝家族中體型最小的物種，有別於其他常見企鵝，它們有一身藍色的羽毛，因此被稱作小藍企鵝。牠們出沒於南澳大利亞及紐西蘭的海岸，有人亦曾在智利見過牠們的蹤跡。

小藍企鵝普遍身高43公分，體重約為1千克（即等於2.2磅）。雄性的體型比雌性的略大一點，而牠們的羽毛則沒什麼大分別。其頭部和背部呈靛藍色，其耳部呈青灰色，到腹部則為白色。其鰭外部為靛藍色，內部的那一面則呈白色。其深灰黑色的喙長約3至4公分，腳部朝天的一方為白色，腳底和蹼則呈黑色。未成熟的小藍企鵝的喙會較短，靛藍色部分的羽毛也比較淺色。
跟大部分的海鳥一樣，小藍企鵝的壽命很長。牠們平均壽命為6.5歲，但根據鳥類環志的記錄，目前為止人類所知小藍企鵝的壽命最多可長達20歲。

在墨爾本東南部的菲力浦島（Phillip Island）設置了一個觀光區，讓遊客可在夜間觀察小藍企鵝。該區設了足夠的燈光讓遊客能觀察到企鵝在族群中互動的情況，但不能攝影，因此區內的企鵝並不會受到遊客騷擾。這個觀光區每年吸引到多達50萬的遊客入場。遊客到西澳大利亞州的首府珀斯時，亦可順帶到企鵝島（Penguin Island）一遊，親睹企鵝的風采，並觀察牠們的原始生活和行為。除此之外，紐西蘭的小藍企鵝保護中心（The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony）亦是觀企鵝的好地方。

Linux作業系統創始人林納斯·托瓦茲曾在澳大利亞度假時被一隻小藍企鵝咬傷。據指，這一遭遇令托瓦茲最終選擇了Tux作為Linux的官方標誌和吉祥物。
小藍企鵝Penny是2007年國際泳聯總會（FINA）在維多利亞墨爾本主辦的世界游泳錦標賽的吉祥物。