The south african peguin came up in lee's picture quiz I was not completely sure if africa had penguins but I got it right. The african penguins or the spheniscus demersus are the only penguin to breed in africa and are not found any were else in the world. Now for the facts the african penguin is 68cm in length and between 2.1 and 3.7kg in weight. The penguins breeding area is from Hollomsbird island, off central Namibia, to bird island in algoa bay. There are 6 breeding islands in algoa bay.
The peguins rate of decline is 2% there is probably
half the ammount of penguins than there was in the 1900. The main reason for there decline is the use of the eggs as food, the disturbance of there nest.
- Derek
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