The smallest species of penguin is eudyptula minor, native to New Zealand and southern Australia.
The smallest species of penguin is eudyptula minor Eudyptula minor
prebreeding penguins. , native to New
Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and southern Australia The term southern Australia is generally considered to include the States and territories of Australia of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory. . The prosaic New Zealanders This is a list of well-known people associated with New Zealand.
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- Gretchen Albrecht - painter
- Rita Angus - 20th C painter
- Billy Apple- 20th C painter
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refer to
these creatures as little blue penguins, but to the more romantically
inclined people of Australia they are fairy penguins. Succumbing to a
sudden spasm of political correctness, managers at the Sea World theme
park near Brisbane have changed "fairy penguin" to
"little penguin" in all their literature and signs, for fear
that homosexuals might find the original term offensive. But are
homosexuals really that sensitive Down Under? The chairman of a local
gay support group was quoted thus: "If the penguins were called
'poofter penguins' or something more direct, then it might be
a problem, but I don't see the name fairy penguin as a mickey-take
at all." We think that means he doesn't mind.
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