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=Black footed penguin=



The black footed penguin is found only on the south-western coast of africa.
 * Habitat**

The black footed penguin starts breeding between the ages of two and six the black-footed penguin starts to breed. the black footed penguin nests in colonies on 24 off shore islands. They are lifelong partners and they take turns to incubate their eggs (incubation peireod of 38-42 days). The black footed penguin breeds throughout the year.
 * Nesting**

The black footed penguin grows to be 68-70 cms tall and weigh 2-5 kilagrames.
 * Size**

The black footed penguin has a black back and a white belly with a black horseshoe-shaped stripe, a black chin and face patch seperated from the crown by a broad white band. They have a narrow black band across their chests and down their flanks towards their legs. They also have two pink glands above their eyes, the the hotter the penguin gets more blood gets sent to these glands. The black footed penguin is also saped like a bowling pin. The males have a bigger beak.
 * Description**

The main diet of the black footed penguin is small fish. They can swim at 20km/h when hunting.
 * Diet**

The black footed penguin is also called the African penguin and the Jackass penguin. They were called the Jackass penguin becouse of their donky like honking noise.
 * Names**

Black footed penguin chicks and eggs are preyed upon by the kelp gull, sacred Ibis, skuas and sharks. Odly anough their not scared of humans making them easy prey.
 * Predetors**

the black footed penguin population is declining becouse humans are harvesting their eggs, taking guano away from nesting sites for fertaliser, destroying their territory, human desturbance during breeding, taking away teir food and oil spills. Becouse of these problems there has bean a 90% population decline and therefor there is only 1700 left.
 * Population**



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 * __ Notes __**
 * found only on south-western cost of Africa
 * 68-70cms tall
 * 2-5 kilagrames
 * hotter the penguin gets the more blood is sent to pink glands above eyes
 * males have bigger beaks
 * breed throuout year
 * incubation peireod of 38-42 days
 * life long partners take turns to incubate eges and feed young
 * [|diet:small fish]
 * can swim at 20km/h
 * black footed pinguins are the only nesting penguins found on the African continent.
 * They nest in colonies, mainly on offshore islands
 * two colonies recently became established on the mainland Both locations are in the southwestern part of Western Cape Province, South Africa
 * black footed pinguins are also known as African Penguins or [|Jackass Penguins]They are called Jackass Penguins because they make a noise that resenblkes the sound made by a donkey braying.
 * They start breeding from between two to six years of age
 * lose almost half their body weight during the [|moult process]
 * Sometimes they nest on rocky islands where excavation is impossible. In sandy areas, the soil may not be stable enough for burrows to remain intact. One of the best places to see Jackass Penguin nests is at [|Boulders Beach], where the penguins nest in the sand in plain view of hundreds of tourists.
 * The black footed pinguin population **is** declining
 * Reasons given for the decline include:
 * harvesting of eggs;
 * removal of guano from nesting sites;
 * increased populations of Cape Fur Seals;
 * human disturbance during breeding;
 * overfishing and reduction in food supply;
 * [|oil spills.]
 * [|will not leave] south Africa
 * 70 feathers per square inch
 * They have a black back and a white belly with a black chin and face patch separated from the crown by a broad white band. They have a narrow black band across the chest and down the flanks towards their legs.
 * the Jackass Penguin is shaped like a bowling pin
 * peguins are the only bird spicies that can't fly
 * have a      black horseshoe-shaped stripe across the chest
 * only [|170,000]left
 * chicks and eggs are preyed upon by the kelp gull, sacred Ibis, skuas and sharks
 * African penguins mainly feed on fish, but they will also eat squid and crustaceans
 * not scared of humans
 * will burow to avoid the sun
 * __Proposal__**

We plan to reserch the black footed pinguin. we will reserch what they eat, what climates they like, ect. And with this info we will make a crossword.