Sandy King from the Yellow- eyed Penguin Trust came to Halfmoon Bay School on Friday October 23. She talked to the students about yellow-eyed penguins. Sandy showed us a slide show of pictures that she took when she was working around the Island.
Here are some interesting facts about yellow-eyed penguins:
• Did you know the oldest recorded yellow-eyed penguin lived for 28 years!
• They usually live for 20 - 23 years.
• They are about 60 cm in height.
• Sandy King also has to microchip the penguin chicks with a big long needle gun.
• Yellow-eyed penguins are so smelly because they play in their poop.
• Yellow-eyed penguins lay two eggs in spring each year.
• In their lifetime they lay about 38 eggs but sadly only about 4 eggs will survive to make it to adults.
We learned loads from Sandy that we didn’t know.
These photos were taken by Sandy
By Marley and Sophie
Battle of Mountains by Harry
11 years ago
wow you are learning a lot, that is great because now i get to learn lots too.
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great report you guys! we learnt about the yellow-eyed penguin in Term One and you are all really lucky to have them so close to home!
ReplyDeleteGreat work guys, lots of interesting facts. Sandy sure has some awesome photos of the cute penguins.
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