Cool random facts about little blue penguins

1.Penguins will talk to each other for 2-3 hours, have a 4-5 minute sleep and then talk again for another2-3 hours.

2.One penguin swims 80km per day.

3.After penguin chicks have left the safe care of their parents they go to sea for 5-6 months and return for a home on land after.

4.People find penguins all over Oamaru (a place in the south island). Once a penguin tried to get in to a Hotel dining area.

5.The population of the little blue penguins has gone up 5% in the last 9 years.

6.the little blue penguin are close to being endangered but they aren't yet.

7.The average age of a penguin is 6-7 years and the oldest penguin lived to 20 years.

8.The number of penguinsthat get killed each week is about 10-50 per night.

9.In some parts of South Africa and Chile, these species have been reported to exist.

10.One an average, these species travel almost 80 km per day.

11.Little Penguins live to an average of 6-7 years. The oldest Little Penguin ever recorded is 26 years and four months.

12.Little Penguins are seabirds – their feathers are actually blue above and white below.

13.Little Penguins lay two eggs. Males and females take turns looking after the eggs. They usually shift every 3 to 4 days but can survive up to 10 days without eating, when food is not easy to find.

14.An adult penguins head is about the lenth from your thumb to your pinkie or your pinkie to your thumb.

15.If the penguins get tired on the water they will come back to a safe spot on land and sleep for 4-8 minutes.