Fiordland+Penguin

== =__//**Fiordland Penguin**//__= =//Eudyptes pachyrhynchus//=

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The New Zealand Department of Conservation has now added the Fiordland crested penguin to their nationally endangered list. These rare breed of penguins were threatened before but because of human-induced threats (such as fisheries) and introduced predators, their numbers are dwindling. http://penguingeek.wordpress.com/tag/sad/

61 cm (24 in.), 2.7 to 3 kg (6-7 lb.) http://www.seaworld.org/infobooks/Penguins/appendix.html

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The Fiordland penguins live on Squid, Octopus, krill, and fish. http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/marine/penguins/penguin_fiordland.html

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3,000 breeding pairs. http://www.penguins.cl/fiordland-penguins.htm