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	Penguin - MSN Encarta
		Penguins are grouped into 17 (or in some classifications, 16) species and 6 genera, most of which are found in Antarctica and on subantarctic islands.
		The largest species are the emperor penguin, which may attain a height of more than 120 cm (48 in), and the king penguin, from 91 to 97 cm (36 to 38 in) in height.
		The gentoo penguin raises its flippers and calls or bows in a manner peculiar to the male gentoo; the jackass penguin bows, shakes his head, and brays in a characteristic jackass-like call; and the courtship display and clear trumpeting of the king penguin are specific to that species.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576981/Penguin.html (1197 words)

	Nick Klomp»Publications
		Johnstone, R.E., Smith, L.A. and Klomp, N.I. Skink Island, Archipelago of the Recherche, Western Australia.
		Schultz, M.A. and Klomp, N.I. Foraging and chick provisioning behaviour of the Short-tailed Shearwaters and Wedge-tailed Shearwaters in southern NSW.
		Klomp, N.I. and Furness, R.W. The Seabirds of Foula, Shetland Islands.
	csusap.csu.edu.au /~nklomp/pubs.html (3164 words)

	Learn about Western Australia. What to do and where to go (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Western Australia is the largest of the Australian states and as the name suggests it is located in the western region of Australia.
		Western Australia offers a diverse assortment of attractions from the city life of Perth, playing with the wild dolphins in Monkey Mia, the Outback and the rapidly growing wine region in the Margaret River area.
		Eighty percent of the 1.8 million population of Western Australia lives in Perth which gives you an idea of how sparsely populated the rest of Western Australia is. Perth is situated on the Swan River about 6 miles from the Indian Ocean.
	www.clickforaustralia.com /WesternAustralia.htm (1438 words)

	Penguins: Little (Blue) Penguins - Eudyptula minor
		Penguins are killed by cars at a number of places where they cross coastal roads at night to reach their burrows; notably Phillip Island and Portland in Victoria, Bruny Island and Lillico Beach in Tasmania, and Oamaru and Wellington in New Zealand.
		Approximately 10% of the penguin population on Phillip Island is exposed to tourism.
		Penguin viewing has obvious cultural and financial benefits to local and regional communities, and the generation of revenue by the penguins, and public interest in the penguins, are persuasive factors in ensuring their proper management.
	www.penguins.cl /little-penguins.htm (2909 words)

	Penguin Summary Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The penguin feeds only in surface waters as they are not deep divers, The tip of the beak is hooked and edges very sharp to firmly grasp the prey.
		Adult penguins have about 10,000 steel blue downy feather, This is about three to four times the feather density of flighted birds, which is necessary to provide insulation from the cool waters, It is often difficult to tell male and female penguins apart, however generally males beaks are longer and heavier than females.
		When you consider that nearby West Island, (which is about one third of the size of Granite Island), accommodates approximately 2000 Little Penguins, it becomes questionable whether the available habitat on Granite Island is becoming unfavourable to the penguins, due to the pressures of preditation by feral animals and disturbance by humans.
	www.graniteisland.com.au /summary.htm (844 words)

	Penguins - The crested penguins - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		The erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) is largely restricted to the Antipodes Islands and Bounty Islands, with a few isolated pairs breeding on the Auckland Islands.
		A relatively solid medium-sized penguin at 5.4–6.4 kilograms and 68 centimetres, its crest of yellow plumes is strikingly upright when dry on land.
		It is the smallest of the crested penguins, at 61 centimetres and 2.5 kilograms.
	www.teara.govt.nz /EarthSeaAndSky/BirdsOfSeaAndShore/Penguins/7/en (488 words)

	Penguin Island - Tourism Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Penguin Island is one of the state's premier ecologically sustainable nature-based tourism destinations.
		Penguin Island abounds with seabirds, many of which are seldom seen on the mainland.
		Little penguins breed in hollows under the dense vegetation and in the limestone caves on Penguin Island.
	www.westernaustralia.com /en/search/product.htm?ID=9001620 (380 words)

	WESTERN AUSTRALIA ISLANDS
		Western Australia Islands are made up of several large groups of small islands, which line the coastline.
		Also west of Perth are Garden Island, Penguin Island and Seal Island, with the later two part of the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park.
		Both islands are beautiful and have a strong Asian feel to them, and although fairly expensive to visit are well worth it.
	www.australianexplorer.com /western_australia_islands.htm (642 words)

	Philip Island Victoria Australia. Information, Hotels, accommodation, Car Hire
		Phillip Island is one of the best places in Australia to view the small 'Fairy' Penguins which come inland every evening to rest in their sand burrows.
		The penguin parade as it is known can be viewed from the visitors centre which provides ample viewing opportunity from observation boardwalks and viewing stands, allowing the birds to be viewed in their natural habitat.
		This is when the penguins cross Summerland Beach and return to their burrows in the sand-dunes after a day spent fishing for food in the waters around Phillip Island.
	www.auinfo.com /philip-island-victoria.html (468 words)

	HolidayCity Flash - Explore Perth's Islands - Rottnest, Carnac, Penguin and Garden
		The island is mentioned in Nyoongar Aboriginal mythology, but unfortunately for the Aborigines, when the British colony at Perth was established in 1829, the island was also mentioned in the legislation as a prison colony for Aboriginal convicts.
		Many of the cruises that head for this island are ecological trips, combining educational environmental talks with a pleasant sightseeing boat trip to the reserve.
		Many of the penguins under the wildlife officers’ care have become so used to human presence that they are unable to survive in the wild, and spend their lives in the Centre.
	www.holidaycityflash.com /australia/perth_getawayisland1.htm (870 words)

	PENGUINS - Appendix: Penguin Species Overviews
		Erect-crested penguins are found along the coasts of Australia, New Zealand and on the Antipodes and Bounty Islands.
		Magellanic penguins are found on the Falkland Islands and along the coasts of Chile and Argentina.
		Humboldt penguins are found on islands off of western South America and along the coasts of Peru and Chile.
	www.seaworld.org /animal-info/info-books/penguin/appendix-species.htm (869 words)

	Little Penguin
		Like all penguins, the Little Penguin is highly adapted for life in the sea.
		For example rabbits have changed island habitats until these are unsuitable for penguins, and predators, particularly dogs, kill many birds.
		A penguin tends to return to the same part of the same colony each year, although not necessarily to the same burrow.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/little_penguin.htm (1034 words)

	little fairy penguin
		These small penguins (16 inches) have a bluish colour to their upper feathers, and white underbelly, chin and neck and no ornamental plumage on the head at all.
		The Little Penguins short stiff feathers are kept waterproof by preening from oil glands located at the base of the tail Little penguins do molt though so their feathers are not always oily smooth
		Fairy Penguins catch most of their food with shallow dives (0 to 11 meters) but do also sometimes dive to the seabed They eat small fish such as anchovies, squid, plankton, krill, small octopi and pilchards From the seafloor they may eat crab larvae, sea horses and crustaceans They eat their fish whole
	home.iprimus.com.au /readman/peng.htm (442 words)

	Penguin Parade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Phillip Island Reserve includes all the public land on the Summerland Peninsula, the narrow tip of land at the island’s western extremity.
		The reason for the reserve is the Little penguin, smallest of the penguins, which is found only in southern Australian waters and whose largest colony breeds at Summerland Beach (around two thousand penguins in the parade area and twenty thousand on the island altogether).
		The Penguin Parade (nightly after dusk; tel 03/5956 8300; $10) sounds horribly commercial – and with four thousand visitors a night at the busiest time of the year (immediately after Christmas), it can hardly fail to be.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/penguinparade.asp (250 words)

	Little penguins of Phillip Island
		The penguins go out to the sea in the day to hunt for fish, and every evening when the sun goes down, the penguins return to the shore where they nest in burrows in the ground.
		The island is connected to the rest of Australia by a bridge at San Remo.
		Many penguins build their nests just beside the boardwalk and some of them would loiter outside their burrows for a while, and so it is possible to photograph them while standing on the boardwalk just a few feet away.
	www.geocities.com /mgoodhandz/penguins.html (716 words)

	Perth, Western Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although the British Army had established a base at King George Sound (later Albany) on the south coast of western Australia in 1826 in response to rumours that the area would be annexed by France, Perth was the first full scale settlement by Europeans in the western third of the continent.
		Perth houses the Parliament of Western Australia, and the Governor of Western Australia.
		Curtin University of Technology is Western Australia's largest university by student population, and was known from its founding in 1966 until 1986 as the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT) and had amalgamated with The WA School of Mines Kalgoorlie and the Muresk Agricultural College Northam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Perth,_Western_Australia (3146 words)

	Fate of Penguins in the Face of Global Warming
		There is evidence of decline of a number of penguin species with explanations including human harvesting of eggs or guano used in nesting, introduction of non-native species such as rodents and, especially in areas outside Antarctica, alteration of habitat.
		The number breeding on one island reportedly dropped from about 1.4 million in the 1940s to about 100,000 today with a possible explanation being a warming of surrounding waters.
		Both the penguin and the polar bear may be threatened by emissions generated thousands of miles away.
	www.climate.org /topics/climate/penguins.shtml (840 words)

	Fiordland penguin
		The Fiordland Penguin lives in the temperate rainforest of the southwest coast of the South Island and Stewart Island, New Zealand, where it is endemic.
		Distinguished from Snares Penguin by its larger size, a series of white streaks on the cheeks and the lack of a fleshy margin at the base of the bill.
		A study from Codfish Island found that small pelagic fish larvae contributed over 80% of the food intake by mass, with the remaining portion made up by squid.
	www.penguinworld.com /types/fiordland.html (362 words)

	Penguin Island (Western Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Penguin Island (32°18′19″S, 115°41′28″E) is a 12.5 ha island off the coast of Perth Western Australia, near Rockingham.
		Penguin Island has many geographical features, such as cliffs, sea caves, headlands, solution pipes, beaches, coves, notches and natural bridges.
		Penguin Island is notorious for the amount of bird poop that regularly deposits on the jetties.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penguin_Island_(Western_Australia) (226 words)

	South Australia Lighthouses
		The lighthouses of South Australia are all found in the southeastern part of the state; there are none on the long, lightly populated coast of the Great Australian Bight to the west.
		The island is unstable, and the lighthouse is currently endangered by shoreline erosion (as it has been several times in the past).
		The Lighthouses of Australia page shows a cast iron lantern, which was transferred here from Grantheaume Point, Western Australia, in 1962 and removed when the station was automated in about 1991.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/sa.htm (3561 words)

	Penguin Facts
		The female penguin lays one egg and the male penguin keeps it on top of its feet to keep it warm.
		They are the only crested penguin that can raise and lower their feathers.
		They live on many islands in the Antarctic, but the main colony is on the Falklands.
	users.tellurian.com /teach/penguins/facts.html (1444 words)

	Phillip Island
		Most visitors come only for the Penguin Parade, but spending a few days on the island will allow you to explore some dramatic coastal scenery and fine beaches, and a couple of well-organized wildlife parks.
		Phillip Island Wildlife Park, on Thompson Avenue just 1km south of Cowes (daily 9am–sunset; $9), is a shady shelter for Australian animals, most of them enclosed and not all native to Phillip Island.
		The centre’s purpose is to breed disease-free koalas, as on Phillip Island they’re infected with chlamydia.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/Victoria/phillipisland.asp (656 words)

	ATS Tours - Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific Island Vacations
		The island features wildlife reserves, wetlands and breathtaking coastline, renowned as home to one of Australia’s most popular wildlife attractions, the Penguin Parade.
		Little Penguins are the smallest in the world and are only found in the Southern Hemisphere.
		Upgrade to the Ultimate Penguin Experience (surcharge applies), and join a group of no more than 15 people, plus a National Parks Ranger, to view the Penguin Parade from a secluded beach.
	www.atstours.com /vacation/31 (348 words)

	Map of Australia Resorts and Regions
		Cairns Accommodations - The islands of Queensland, and the Great Barrier Reef region of Tropical North Queensland in particular, are Australia’s crown jewels.
		Protected by Bribie Island, the Passage is a mecca for watersports including windsurfing, sailing, swimming and, of course, fishing.
		Phillip Island Accommodations - Phillip Island is situated in Western Port.
	www.ownerdirect.com /map/australia/map-australia.htm (1131 words)

	Dr Catherine Meathrel - Department of Environmental Management and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Technology and ...
		Now in its 59th year, this study on the population ecology of muttonbirds in Bass Strait, Tasmania, is one of the longest, uninterrupted studies of vertebrates in the world.
		Birds Australia (Victoria), "The genetic characteristics of the Pacific Gull Larus pacificus pacificus in Victoria." $1,500.
		Birds Australia (Victoria), "The genetic characteristics of the Pacific Gull Larus pacificus pacificus in Victoria." $1,000.
	www.latrobe.edu.au /deme/aw/catherinemeathrel.html (2868 words)

	Lulu.com - Self Publishing - Free
		A dozen pictures of penguins taken in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands.
		Penguin in the Pew clears up the confusion about the terms "free" and "open source", addresses the challenges of hardware compatibility, software interoperability, and whether a migration is really more expensive than an upgrade.
		Additionally, Penguin in the Pew connects readers to the growing community of Christians who use, develop and provide technical support for GNU/Linux and other free and open source applications.
	www.lulu.com /browse/search.php?fKeywords=penguin (442 words)

	'Island Explorer' - Penguin & Seal Island full day sea kayak tour \| penguin \| seal \| island \| western \| ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Come and experience an encounter with nature in the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park just one hour from the historic port city of Fremantle, Western Australia.
		As we paddle across to the island you'll be enchanted by the cheeky and playful colony of sealions who have made this piece of paradise their home.
		Also included in your day's activities is complimentary entry to the "Penguin Experience", where you will learn about the Fairy Penguins who inhabit the island.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/12968.html (207 words)

	WeQuestAnswers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		They can be found on the southern coasts of Australia, New Zealand, and Africa, along the western coast of South America as well as on the continent of Antarctica.
		While penguins can be found at and around the South Pole (Antarctica), polar bears are at the opposite side of the world in the North Pole.
		The emperor penguin mother lays a single egg, hands it over to the Emperor dad to hold on his feet for two months, then goes out to gather food from the sea.
	www.greece.k12.ny.us /pi/First/kerber/Penguins/WebquestAnswers.htm (291 words)

	FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION - Gene Kranz - Penguin Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Western Electric's responsibilities included radars, telemetry (radio signals to and from the rocket and spacecraft that told us how things were working—and what wasn't) control consoles, and communications.
		Western Electric quickly parlayed this into a responsibility for integrating operations, training, maintenance, and network communications.
		He had an intuitive feel for this unprecedented development and deployment of technology, writing the specifications and testing procedures and doing everything that needed to be done to check out the largest "test range" in history, one that went around the globe.
	www.penguin.ca /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780425179871,00.html (10705 words)

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