African Penguin

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'''Habitat:''' Africa. Found around the coast of South Africa. Colonies are formed on the rocky shores when they are breeding.

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'''Status:''' ~~Vulnerable~~. Major reasons include depletion of their food from overfishing and pollution from incidences such as oil spills. Most nest on islands, where they should be safe from predators, but cats, mongoose and other introduced predators are now present on many of these islands.

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'''Status:''' Endangered. '''Global Population:''' 52,000 mature individuals. Major reasons include depletion of their food from overfishing and pollution from incidences such as oil spills. Most nest on islands, where they should be safe from predators, but cats, mongoose and other introduced predators are now present on many of these islands.

'''Diet:''' Small fishes, such as herring, anchovies and sardines, but they also eat squid and crustaceans. When foraging they can travel distances up to 110 kms on a single trip.

African penguins have an average swimming speed of 7 km/hr but they can reach speeds of 20 km/hr when they are hunting. They dive to an average depth of 30 m but they can dive deeper and they can stay submerged for up to 2.5 minutes. Predators of African Penguins include sharks, cape fur seals and killer whales. On land their eggs and chicks fall prey to mongoose, genet, cats, dogs and kelp gulls.

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'''Included in [http://~~www.daz3d~~.com/~~i/3d~~-~~models/0/~~penguins~~?item=8221~~ Songbird ReMix Penguins]'''

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'''Included in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-penguins.html Songbird ReMix Penguins]'''

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 '''Habitat:''' Africa. Found around the coast of South Africa. Colonies are formed on the rocky shores when they are breeding.
-'''Status:''' Vulnerable. Major reasons include depletion of their food from overfishing and pollution from incidences such as oil spills. Most nest on islands, where they should be safe from predators, but cats, mongoose and other introduced predators are now present on many of these islands.
+'''Status:''' Endangered. '''Global Population:''' 52,000 mature individuals.  Major reasons include depletion of their food from overfishing and pollution from incidences such as oil spills. Most nest on islands, where they should be safe from predators, but cats, mongoose and other introduced predators are now present on many of these islands.
 '''Diet:''' Small fishes, such as herring, anchovies and sardines, but they also eat squid and crustaceans. When foraging they can travel distances up to 110 kms on a single trip.
 African penguins have an average swimming speed of 7 km/hr but they can reach speeds of 20 km/hr when they are hunting. They dive to an average depth of 30 m but they can dive deeper and they can stay submerged for up to 2.5 minutes. Predators of African Penguins include sharks, cape fur seals and killer whales. On land their eggs and chicks fall prey to mongoose, genet, cats, dogs and kelp gulls.
-'''Included in [http://www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/0/penguins?item=8221 Songbird ReMix Penguins]'''
+'''Included in [http://hivewire3d.com/songbird-remix-penguins.html Songbird ReMix Penguins]'''