Photograph by Mike Bingham
Interesting Facts about Macaroni Penguins.....
** Largest member of genus Eudyptes, or the crested Penguins.**
** Can eat up to four million tons of Krill each year.**
**Most abundant of the worlds penguins.**
**Estimated total population of twelve million breeding pairs.**
**Named after 18th Century young English Explorers; they had orange fur on their hats and called themselves "macaroni".**
**These Penguins usually kick out their first laid egg after they lay the second one. This is a very uncommon behavior for birds, including Penguins!**
Photograph by Mike Bingham
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