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Wonder of Science (wonderofscience@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2023 19:53:31 JST Wonder of Science

Feeding dive of a yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) in Otago Peninsula, New Zealand.
Video Credit: Tawaki Project / CC BY 3.0
Source and full video: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-eyed_penguin
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  The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), known also as hoiho or tarakaka, is a species of penguin endemic to New Zealand.Previously thought closely related to the little penguin (Eudyptula minor), molecular research has shown it more closely related to penguins of the genus Eudyptes. Like most penguins, it is mainly piscivorous. The species breeds along the eastern and south-eastern coastlines of the South Island of New Zealand, as well as Stewart Island, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Islands. Colonies on the Otago Peninsula are a popular tourist venue, where visitors may closely observe penguins from hides, trenches, or tunnels. On the New Zealand mainland, the species has experienced a significant decline over the past 20 years. On the Otago Peninsula, numbers have dropped by 75% since the mid-1990s and population trends indicate the possibility of local extinction in the next 20 to 40 years. While the effect of rising ocean temperatures is still being studied, an infectious outbreak in...
- Fladdle (fladdle@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2023 20:04:46 JST Fladdle
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  @wonderofscience All that work and effort for a morsel of food. That is so amazing. The energy expenditure must be enormous! And some of them will have to find food to bring home to chicks, too.
  
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- Son Light Life (sonlightlife@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 04-Dec-2023 23:09:08 JST Son Light Life
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  @wonderofscience What depth is that dive?
  
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