African Penguins
African penguins have a black upside down
U-shape on their neck with black speckles on their chest. They
are about 2 feet tall and weigh between 7 and 11 pounds.
African penguins live and breed on the coast of South Africa.
People have hunted these penguins so much that their numbers declined
from at least one million to about 150,000. They are now a
protected species, but are still caused trouble by oil spills off the
coast of Africa. African penguins
are also known as the Blackfoot penguin. Scientific
genus and species: Spheniscus demersus
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