NZPhotographer Issue 46, August 2021
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A PAIR OF YELLOW-EYED<br />
PENGUINS (HOIHO) MEET UP<br />
ROBERT SANSON<br />
Seen in this photo are a pair of Yellow-eyed Penguins (Hoiho) who have met up again<br />
at the end of the day after a long day fishing out in the Southern Ocean, off the coast<br />
of Southland, New Zealand. Their diet consists predominantly of fish. They are the rarest<br />
species of penguin in the world, found only in New Zealand, and sadly, their numbers<br />
are declining due to habitat loss, predation of their young on land and predation in the<br />
ocean due to barracuda and leopard seals. However, it is believed that most deaths are<br />
due to getting caught in set nets around the coastline.<br />
excio.gallery/robert<br />
<strong>NZPhotographer</strong><br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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