Facts about little blue penguins
	Penguins return to their hutch each night after a long day of fishing.		Penguins will eat small sardine sized fish.
Penguins will talk to each other for 2-3 hours, have a 4-5 minute sleep and then talk again for another 2-3 hours.		One penguin swims 80km per day.
Penguins normally mate and stick with their partner, however like the human race they have a 10 to 20% divorce rate.			This is an adult penguin’s skull.

Penguins waterproof their feathers by applying oil to them out of a duct in their back.		Numbers vary from 0 to 204 penguins each night.
	The information in this book goes to D.O.C and they research it.		The average age of a penguin is 7 years and the oldest penguin lived to 23 years.
There are 3000 feathers on a penguin.		The average weight of the penguin is 1.5 kgs and the average height of the penguin is 30cm.
	People find penguins all over Oamaru. Once a penguin tried to get in to the Brydone Hotel dining area.		The population of the little blue penguins has gone up 5% in the last 9 years.

After penguin chicks have left the safe care of their parents they go to sea for 5-6 months.

If the penguins get tired on the water they will sleep for 4-8 minutes.

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