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Toddler penguin

At Boulders Beach, which is part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area.

This little penguin is trying to pluck the down off h...
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At Boulders Beach, which is part of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area.

This little penguin is trying to pluck the down off his body himself. The adults do it and the babies do not like it at all when they're at it. They really pluck them with conviction...
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Canon PowerShot SX280 HS

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Aperture f/6.8 ISO 125 Shutter 1/1000

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Cape Town, Western Cape, ZA

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Aug, 2014

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What a cuty...

:-)

So cute ....:)

:-) the young ones were all still shedding their baby "feathers", it all looked fairly itchy :-)

wow... great shot!!

Thanks Nelin :D

this is a wonderful shot, my son loved penguins when he was small,so much so that one christmas that is what he asked for, lol now that he is almost 30 I still give him a small penguin themed gift for Christmas,:-)

:-) nice!!

Fantastic shot ! Love it!

Thanks Marie!

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Okay, I'm following. You have lots of outstanding images.

Thanks Hattie :-)

Very cute shot.

:-) Thanks Jeff!

Too cute! Voted Solo Animals

:-) Thanks Pat!!

love this shot! Too cute! Voted Two Wings

Thanks Pat!! :-)

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What a cutie.

He is isn't he?!? the older penguins really manhandle the little ones to take off the down feathers, so the little ones try their best to get rid of it themselves ... :-)