The Secret Life of Penguins

The secret life of pengiuns has finally been discovered.

Until now, no-one knew where the sub-Antarctic rockhopper and Snares penguins went, while they were at sea between April and October each year.

But a tagging project has found the penguins travelled more than 15,000km in six months.

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