The blue penguin

Today we went to an aquarium, Ecoworld, in Picton, New Zealand. 
It was a really cool because at the aquarium they had a Blue Penguin  We got to go into a room and see him being fed. The penguin's name was Thumper.
An interesting fact about the blue penguin is that they are the smallest penguin. They are 25 centimeters tall and weigh only a little over 1 kilogram.
Blue penguins spend most of their day hunting for food in the sea. These penguins have to eat their body weight each day today healthy! That's like one of us eating as many hamburgers as we can until that equals our weight! That's a lot of food! 
Also, blue penguins have many predators such as Sharks, Seals, Sea lions, Orca Whales, and Skua (a large, gull-like bird). Since Blue Penguins are so small it is not hard for the predators to get them. In Thumper's case, his predator was a cat!  Thumper had just got his stiches out and was doing well when we saw him, soon he will be back home,n the water.  Luckily, a place like this aquarium takes care of a Thumper and helps him to heal.

http://ecoworldnz.blogspot.com.au/