Gentoo penguin Vladamir (left) and the object of his affection Ronnie start their annual courtship ritual in the London Aquarium, where staff are hoping to encourage the first penguins to mate at the tourist attraction. Picture: John Stillwell/PA
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Aww — Little Blue Penguins are released by wild life workers at Mount Maunganui beach in Tauranga. The Penguins were affected by New Zealand’s biggest sea pollution disaster when a ship slammed into a reef on October 5.
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wild gentoo penguin, Falkland Islands (by Dene’ Miles)
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One-week-old Gentoo penguin siblings huddle together during a media event in the Moody Gardens Aquarium Pyramid on Tuesday morning Nov. 29, 2011 in Galveston, Texas. The first births of the season, the pair were hatched by parents Casper and Champ right before Thanksgiving on the 21st and 23rd inside the South Atlantic exhibit and have already tripled in weight.
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The emperor penguin named Happy Feet stands in his container next to Gareth Morgan, who helped fund the penguin’s electronic tracking equipment, aboard NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa, at Burnham Wharf in Wellington, New Zealand. He will be released into the Southern Ocean, complete with GPS tracking device, from NIWA’s research vessel four days into a month-long trip to the Campbell Islands, 700km south of New Zealand
Picture: Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images (via Pictures of the day: 30 August 2011 - Telegraph)
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