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	Penguin -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of (Click link for more info and facts about flightless) flightless (Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings) birds living in the (The hemisphere south of the equator) southern hemisphere.
		Penguins are popular around the world owing to their harmless nature, their upright stance for standing and walking, which humans find charming or comical, and their striking fl and white plumage that is often humorously likened to a (Semiformal evening dress for men) tuxedo suit.
		Ted the penguin is a penguin of unknown age which inhabits the home of Ethan, Lucas and Scott in the (Click link for more info and facts about Ctrl Alt Del (webcomic)) Ctrl Alt Del (webcomic), ostensibly as the pet of Scott, the web-comic's Linux guru.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/penguin.htm (1718 words)

	Penguins: IPCWG Guide to Penguins of the World
		The penguin skeleton is also markedly different from other birds around the furcula and breast bone, due to the differing movement and muscular requirements of penguin flippers compared to bird wings.
		Penguins also have a counter-current heat exchange system in the nasal passages, whereby air from inhalation and expiration are mixed in a common chamber.
		Penguins therefore are able to alter the shape of the lens considerably, enabling them to compensate for the differences in refractive index, and allowing good vision in air and water.
	www.penguins.cl /penguins-intro.htm (3624 words)

	WhaleTimes:Fishin' for Facts-Rockhopper Penguin
		Rockhopper penguins eat a variety squid and krill.
		Rockhopper penguins are one of the crested penguins.
		Rockhoppers have been described as "fearless" and "bad-tempered" by scientists.
	www.whaletimes.org /rockhopper.htm (123 words)

	Penguins
		The emperor penguin is the largest of all living penguins, standing 1.1 m (3.7 ft.) and weighing 27 to 41 kg (60-90 lb.).
		All adult penguins are countershaded; that is they are dark on their dorsal (back) surfaces and white on their ventral (underside) surfaces.
		Penguins have a variety of bill shapes which are used to capture fish, squid, and crustaceans.
	www.seaworld.org /infobooks/Penguins/physical.html (1186 words)

	Falklands penguins - Falkland Islands penguins research
		In the austral summer of 1995/96, an island-wide penguin census of the Falkland Islands was conducted.
		Rockhopper penguins were recorded foraging outside the requested exclusion zone, with short foraging trips averaging less than 6km, being supplemented by long distance foraging trips of well over 100km.
		Rockhopper penguins now number just 11% of the population recorded in the Falklands 18 years ago, and they are now classified as Vulnerable under IUCN guidelines.
	www.seabirds.org /resume.htm (8268 words)

	Species Index - Rockhopper Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rockhopper penguin belongs to a group of penguins commonly known as crested penguins.
		Rockhoppers are the smallest crested penguin, and most widespread of all penguin species.
		There are three subspecies of Rockhopper penguins, differing in size, length of crest feathers, and the pattern on the underside of their wings.
	www.penguintag.org /species_index_rockhopper.htm (434 words)

	Penguins: Rockhopper Penguins - Eudyptes chrysocome
		Rockhopper penguins are amongst the smallest of the world's penguins, having an average length of around 52cm, and an average weight of about 3kg.
		Rockhopper penguin creches are not generally as large as for species such as Gentoo penguins, possibly due to the more rugged terrain, and chicks creche into numerous small groups scattered throughout the colony.
		Rockhopper penguins are opportunistic feeders, and around the Falklands are known to take varying proportions of crustaceans (Euphausia lucens, E. vallentini, Thysanoessa gregaria and Themisto sp.), squid (Gonatus antarcticus, Loligo gahi, Onychoteuthis sp, and Teuthowenia sp.) and various small fish.
	www.penguins.cl /rockhopper-penguins.htm (1160 words)

	Rockhopper Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) is a species of penguin closely related to the Macaroni Penguin.
		This is the smallest yellow-crested, fl-and-white penguin, reaching a length of 55cm.
		When they were discovered the explorers were amused when they saw the penguins jumping all over the place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rockhopper_Penguin (245 words)

	Rockhopper Penguins - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rockhopper penguins are small, aggressive, crested penguins (genus Eudyptes), so named because of the way they hop from boulder to boulder when moving around their rocky colonies.
		They are distinguished from the Macaroni penguin and other members of the crested species by their smaller size and the thin, vivid yellow tassels which extend along the sides of the brow but do not meet between the eyes.
		Rockhopper penguins are eaten by blue sharks, leopard seals and fur seals.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/penguins/rockhopper.shtml (562 words)

	Australian Museum - Wild Kids - Birds - Rockhopper Penguin
		Rockhopper Penguins have a yellow crest or eyebrow and red eyes.
		Rockhopper Penguins are fl and white diving birds that live in large colonies in southern Australian waters and sub-Antarctic islands.
		Rockhopper Penguins make a nest from a shallow hollow in the ground in rocky areas that they line with grass, feathers and stones.
	www.austmus.gov.au /wild_kids/birds/rockhopper_penguin.htm (263 words)

	Animal Bio - Rockhopper Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Short, dark and formally attired, the rockhopper penguin is quite a character.
		Exiting is even more of an acrobatic feat: Rockhoppers literally leap from the water and grab on to any perch they can with their beak, flippers and feet.
		Here rockhopper penguins live until fall in noisy, close-packed breeding colonies on rocky cliffs, easily navigating the steep rock faces in a series of bounds.
	www.sheddaquarium.org /ani_bios_29.html (286 words)

	ADW: Eudyptes chrysocome: Information
		Rockhopper Penguins are found on islands in the southern ocean, such as the Falkland Islands, and they live more to the north than other penguins that inhabit Antarctica.
		Rockhopper Penguins typically mate in the early spring or late summer, enabling the young to go to the sea in the mid-summer.
		Penguins are a tourist attraction, and they are one of the main reasons people travel to the Falkland Islands and other habitats of these penguins.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /accounts/eudyptes/e._chrysocome.html (656 words)

	Australian Antarctic Division - Rockhopper penguins
		Rockhopper penguins are very similar in their breeding biology and foraging bebeviour to the royal penguins, although the former have a slightly shorter breeding season (Warham 1975, Hull 1997).
		Rockhopper penguins are also very synchronised in their breeding cycle both within a colony and across years.
		Cunningham, D.M. and Moors, P.J. The decline of Rockhopper Penguins Eudyptes chrysocome at Campbell Island, Southern ocean and the influence of rising sea temperatures.
	www-aadc.aad.gov.au /ten_facts/penguins/rockhopper.asp (735 words)

	Rockhopper Penguins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rockhoppers are part of a family of penguins called the crested penguins because of the brightly colored feathers on their heads.
		Rockhoppers are about 18 to 23 inches (45 to 58 centimeters) and can weigh about 5 to 8 pounds (2 to 3 kilograms).
		Penguins make their nests by scraping a hole in the ground and lining it with dried grasses.
	www.siec.k12.in.us /~west/proj/penguins/rock.html (282 words)

	Rockhopper Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rockhopper penguins are found on Sub-antartic islands; Macquarie, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes, Kerguelen, Tristan da Cunha, Falklands, Tierra del Fuego, etc.
		They are called "Rockhopper penguins" because they hop from rock to rock.
		They are the most aggressive of penguins; they will attack intruders with gusto, even jumping up to fasten on to a sleve and holding on furiously.
	www.geocities.com /penguins_are_back/rockhopper.htm (167 words)

	Penguin Blog » Blog Archive » Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes Chrysocome) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Rockhopper Penguins habitat consists of the islands of Argentina, the islands of Chile, Falkland Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Amsterdam, St. Paul Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, Campbell, New Zealand, and Antipodes Islands.
		The average height for the Rockhopper is 22 inches and weighs on average 6 pounds.
		The male Penguin takes care of the eggs for the first four months until they hatch while the mother Penguin is out searching for food.
	penguin-blog.com /2005/09/13/rockhopper-penguin-eudyptes-chrysocome (250 words)

	Rockhopper Penguin Printout- EnchantedLearning.com
		The Rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome, is a small, aggressive, crested penguin.
		Penguins are countershaded; they have a lighter color on the belly and a darker color on their back; this coloration helps camouflage them when they are in the water, hiding them from predators.
		Predators: Rockhopper penguins are eaten by blue sharks, leopard seals and fur seals.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/birds/printouts/Rockhopper.shtml (316 words)

	Penguins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The yellow-eyed penguin is confined to the New Zealand region and is one of the rarest of penguins.
		A Rockhopper penguin is a detective in the windy city of Chicago.
		A Rockhopper penguin is a detective in the windy city of Chicago, Illinois.
	www.libsci.sc.edu /miller/penguins.htm (2967 words)

	Penguin Facts
		Penguins like to march up and down, slide, ride icebergs, and dive into the water.
		Penguins like to slide on there belly that is called tobogganing.
		Penguins like to play on land and water they also like to dive in the water.
	www.k12.nf.ca /glovertown/penguins/penguin_facts.htm (823 words)

	Brief Species Notes
		Royal penguins are sometimes regarded as a sub-species of Macaroni penguins with a white throat.
		Snares penguins are only found, as their name suggests, on the Snares Islands, which are some 300 miles south of New Zealand and are a protected Nature Reserve.
		Rockhopper penguins are perhaps the commonest of the crested penguins.
	www.adelie.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /species_notes/PENGNOTE.htm (875 words)

	Rockhopper penguin
		As you can see the rockhopper isn't a very big bird but it is very colorful, and that's what makes this bird the rockhopper penguin.
		Rockhopper penguins have three main predators including the fur seal, leopard seal and the blue shark, but there are still over three hundred rockhopper penguins in the world.
		With their amazing color, interesting nests and ability to survive the cold, the rockhopper penguin is a phenomenal bird.
	www.westirondequoit.org /iroquois/birds/rhpenguin.htm (452 words)

	Rockhopper penguins in New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		One of the six species of crested penguin, the rockhopper is circumpolar in distribution.
		Inhabitants of the sun-antarctic oceans, the rockhoppers breed in colonies on rocky coasts, often climbing very steep faces to breed under overhangs or caves.
		The population of rockhopper penguins in the New Zealand region is decreasing, but the reasons for the decline are not understood.
	www.penguin.net.nz /rock/rock.html (314 words)

	The Stiff Tailed Penguins
		The Adelie penguin is one of the two species of penguins which are truly polar (the other is the Emperor).
		Gentoo penguins have a timid and docile disposition.
		The distribution of Gentoo penguins is very wide spread, and they range farther north than the other two species of stiff tailed penguins.
	www.eliasdesigns.com /penguins/stiff.htm (1151 words)

	Rockhopper Penguins by Jim Cornish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rockhopper penguins are the smallest of the crested penguins (2.3 - 2.7 kg).
		One of the smallest of the crested penguins, the rockhopper stands at approx 40cm and weighs up to 4kg.
		Rockhoppers are often considered the favorites of many people.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/penguins_rockhopper.htm (229 words)

	Darlene's Penguin Pages
		With the Emperor weighing an average of 90 lbs and the King an average of 40 lbs, they are not only the largest of the penguins, but rank among the largest birds in the world.
		The penguins in this group all have fl and white stripes on their faces and chests.
		Although they are actually each in their own group, and the only thing they have in common is that they are grouped separately in the penguin "family tree".
	www.eliasdesigns.com /penguins/index.htm (355 words)

	Winter Animals
		The rockhopper penguin can hop up a slope 400 feet high by taking short hops from one boulder to another.
		First a penguin flops on its stomach, then it slides and glides along on the ice and snow pushing with its feet and paddle-like wings.
		Penguins: Animals of the Ocean by Judith Hodge-Walker, Judith Hodge, and Susan Brocker, Barrows Juvenile, 1999 New York, New York
	teacher.scholastic.com /lessonrepro/lessonplans/winter/animals.htm (679 words)

	Pete & Barbara's Rockhopper Penguin Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They can be distinguished by the shape of their crests; they have a thin yellow stripe that starts just behind the beak and runs toward the back of the head for a few cm.
		Rockhoppers weights vary considerably between individuals with larger birds weighing up to 5 kg.
		Rockhoppers take a mixed diet based mainly (60 to 70%) on krill with various fish and squid making up the remainder.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Peter_and_Barbara_Barham/Rock.htm (410 words)

	Birds of the Falkland Islands - Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
		Birds of the Falkland Islands - Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
		Rockhoppers nest in colonies on rocky slopes at 36 sites around the Falklands, with this subspecies breeding only in the Falklands, Chile and Argentina.
		Adopt and name your penguin, and we will send you reports and photos of your penguin's progress.
	www.falklands.net /BirdGuideRockhopperPenguin.shtml (250 words)

	Rockhopper Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They also jump from rock to rock the rocks with the penguins can be found on the Falkland islands the Falklands are a group of islands 1in South Atlantic, about 250 mi (402 km) south American mainland.
		The rockhoppes have small thick feathers with a small flick of his hear on the back of his head, he also has several streams of hear coming coming of his head which goes along with a stocky body.
		One of the rockhoppers favert food is krill and small fish.
	www.hvrsd.k12.nj.us /tollgate/home/white/patdone.html (174 words)

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