African Penguin

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.

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.