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@freakiness wrote:

Perhaps they don't want people looking for them or something.  I know they discourage people from looking for penguins, outside the designated areas,  as their rookeries are easily damaged.  People have been known to take their dogs for a hunt on occassion.

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Yes,  I was told about the dogs.  They are a real problem.  Mostly dogs on

the loose, though. Man in info centre was quite upset and angry about people

not locking their dogs in at night.

I was directed to where the penguins would be, but I was just passing through

and didn't want to wait until nightfall.  Going back to Bruny Island for R & R

in a couple of weeks.  Want to see the penguins there

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@imastawka wrote:

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@freakiness wrote:

Perhaps they don't want people looking for them or something.  I know they discourage people from looking for penguins, outside the designated areas,  as their rookeries are easily damaged.  People have been known to take their dogs for a hunt on occassion.

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Yes,  I was told about the dogs.  They are a real problem.  Mostly dogs on

the loose, though. Man in info centre was quite upset and angry about people

not locking their dogs in at night.

 

I was directed to where the penguins would be, but I was just passing through

and didn't want to wait until nightfall.  Going back to Bruny Island for R & R

in a couple of weeks.  Want to see the penguins there

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Yes, they are very good at hiding from people and their rookeries get trampled by people looking for them.

Yes, some dogs go roaming from yards and I've heard about a few attacks that have reportedly been by dogs with owners present for the slaughter.   

What possesses people to do that.  It's just horrible.

That used to happen at Philip Island here in Vic.  The yobbos.

Now there's boardwalks everywhere and plenty of rangers to keep

the rabble in place.   Not even allowed to use flash photography.

Also glass floors so you can see them nesting.  The population here

in Vic has just zoomed

so the penguins can peek up girls' skirts, eh?

Glad to hear they're being cared for better at Phillip Is.   I haven't seen them for ages, but it was quite an event at the time.  

What I meant was, not glass floors, as such, but little windows

in the floor to watch them, if you get my drift

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@imastawka wrote:

What possesses people to do that.  It's just horrible.

 

That used to happen at Philip Island here in Vic.  The yobbos.

 

Now there's boardwalks everywhere and plenty of rangers to keep

the rabble in place.   Not even allowed to use flash photography.

Also glass floors so you can see them nesting.  The population here

in Vic has just zoomed

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Yes, I always imagine it to be the same sort of people who let their dogs attack pet rabbits and cats. The same morons who can't get anyone their own age so they prey on under age girls, or those who get charged with sex offences and blame the child for being raped as that's their punishment for doing wrong.

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imastawka wrote:

The story is about the poor penguins trying to cope in English zoos.

 

Penguins are native to the southern hemisphere, rarely going further north.

 

I'm not surprised the ones in England have to have anti-depressants,

given the weather they have been having.  I think I would need them too

in that weather.

 

As an aside,  I went to Penguin in Tassie.   They don't have any penguins

in Penguin  : - )

yes they do.   my friend lives in Penquin and leads penquin tours

vampire-teddy wrote

As an aside,  I went to Penguin in Tassie.   They don't have any penguins

in Penguin  : - )

yes they do.   my friend lives in Penquin and leads penquin tours

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You need to read further before replying.   I have stated - I was informed

by the information centre at Penguin that there are no penguins in Penguin,

(apart from the big cement one) they are further along the coast.

Your friend may live in Penguin, but the penguins don't.

From our friend Wiki -

Penguin was first settled in 1861 as a timber town, and proclaimed on 25 October 1875. The area's dense bushland and easy access to the sea led to Penguin becoming a significant port town, with large quantities of timber shipped across Bass Strait to Victoria, where the 1850s gold rushes were taking place. The town was named by the botanist Ronald Campbell Gunn for the Little Penguin rookeries that are common along the less populated areas of the coast.[2]

Also your typo reminded me that one of my grandsons

used to call them Pink ones.  lol