7th Dec 2013
Up early for a 7am disembarkation onto Magdalena Island to get up close and personal to some of the 70,000 pairs of Magellanic Penguins, they seem unperturbed by the orange people invading their island. There is a short walk along a taped walkway from the dock up to the light house and it is not a quiet place with 70,000 pairs of penguins braying and half as many seagulls squawking. It is hard not to be enamored with these unusual little creatures. We did see some penguins porpoise on the zodiac journey back to the ship and then we saw the reason why as a sea lion popped its head up some 20 meters from the shore where penguins seemed to be daring each other to enter the water.
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| How do you tell a female penguin from a male penguin - the female is the one with the muddy footprints on her back |
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| Lets make a little noise |
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