Thursday 22 May 2014

Boulders Beach, ZA: African Penguins (day 6)

Boulder's Beach is a part of Table Mountain National Park, south of Cape Town. That beach is a protected area for thousands of African Penguins. The population of penguins has risen dramatically since the 1980's, when there were only two spotted penguins in the area. It is listed in the IUCN Red List over endangered species.




The diet of African Penguins is normally sardines, anchovies. As you can see in the movie below, that species is monogamous.





If they are not eaten by sharks, seals, mongooses or cats(!), they can live for ten up to twenty-five years.




I think that the language spoken in the background is Afrikaans. If I'm wrong, you're welcome to comment.

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