South African Penguins

TIM9G · Apr 21, 2007

Boulders Beach is situated on Cape Point, South Africa. Aparently it is the only place on the continent where penguins can be found. Also known as the jackass penguin, there were plenty to be found.

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Many, many more images at www.9g-photography.fotopic.net

Cheers

Tim :wink:

lostprophet · Apr 21, 2007

Great shots there Tim of what can only be described as "Evil Creatures" nowhere near as cute as an Otter ;-)

faves are number 1 and 3

gmarquez · Apr 21, 2007

I like penguins becasue they stay crunchy even in milk.

Ranger · Apr 21, 2007

Great photos, its strange to see penguins without snow!

lostprophet · Apr 22, 2007

gmarquez said:
I like penguins becasue they stay crunchy even in milk.

Tangerini · Apr 22, 2007

These are all nice! I especially like the first, it looks like a promo shot for a penguin action/rescue movie LOL

BoblyBill · Apr 22, 2007

These are lovely shots. I only wish I had the ablity to take such great shots like those.

Antarctican · Apr 22, 2007

lostprophet said:
"Evil Creatures" nowhere near as cute as an Otter

gmarquez said:
I like penguins becasue they stay crunchy even in milk.

Oh man, what awesome pics!!!! Love, love, love them!! Thanks so much for sharing these. [Are penguins not the funniest/cutest things to watch???]

SleepingWolf · Apr 22, 2007

Antarctican said:
Oh man, what awesome pics!!!! Love, love, love them!! Thanks so much for sharing these. [Are penguins not the funniest/cutest things to watch???]

and they grill so well....only bald eagle tastes better.

Antarctican · Apr 22, 2007

SleepingWolf said:
and they grill so well....only bald eagle tastes better.

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ShootHoops · Apr 22, 2007

I would never imagine seeing penguins in South Africa. Pretty cool.

RedDevilUK · Apr 22, 2007

yea south africa???? what the hell, what were they doing catching up on their tan?? sunbathing....

Apparently Polar bears absolutely hate penguins...... they struggle getting the wrappers off

Sorry... ill go and get my coat...

gmarquez · Apr 22, 2007

SleepingWolf said:
and they grill so well

RedDevilUK said:
they struggle getting the wrappers off

:twisted:

How soon before they move this thread to The Dark Side area...?;-)

Antarctican · Apr 23, 2007

Tim - when I was in Antarctica, we were asked to stay 25 feet away from the penguins (although if they walked up to us, that was okay). Were there any such guidelines at Boulders Beach (perhaps not, as they are likely more used to having people around the penguins there)? How close did you get to some of them?