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= African Penguins = = by Alina and Arya =

Characteristics [[image:http://ucnursing.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/boulder-penguin-sanctuary_0021.jpg width="87" height="131"]]
== ﻿African penguins grow up to 68-70 cm tall. African penguins can weigh 2-5 kg. African penguins have a black stripe and spots on their chest. African penguins have pink glands over their eyes and male African penguins are larger than females and have bigger beaks than females. ==

Habitat
The African penguin is found on the South-western Africa living in colonies on 24 islands between Nambia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth,South Africa. They are found within 40 kilometers off the shore.

== Food/Prey The African penguin eat fish,sqiud,and crutaceans. African penguins eat many foods such as pilchard, anchoveis, horse mackerels, sardines, and shellfish.PredatorsAfrican penguin predators are sharks, cape fur seals, mongoose, cats, orcas, and kelp gulls.BabiesThe female African penguin (mom) lays 2 eggs in burrows. They incubate the chicks and feed them untill the chicks are 2-4 months old. Then they can leave their parents! ==

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== Other Interesting Facts



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== The baby African penguins grow fast. Did you know when the African penguin gets hotter their blood rushes too the glands it cools the penguins down? African penguins are also called the Blackfooted penguin. ==

== Future African penguins are endangerd. They are really getting killed. I think the African penguin might become extinct, but you never know and we don't want it to happen like the 20th century.media type="custom" key="8407078"African penguin vidio == media type="file" key="Alina Penguin.frv.MOV" width="300" height="300"media type="file" key="Arya.MOV" align="right"