Our Pet

Pancake The Fairy PenguinEuduptula Minor

Background Information

• We have chosen a Fairy penguin for our presentation. It is also known as a little penguin.Fairy penguins are found in the southern part of Australia and New Zealand.

Habitat and other stuff

• Fairy Penguins live on land and build burrows in which they take shelter.

• Fairy penguins spend most of their life at sea collecting their food. They only sleep for half an hour a day in four minute bursts.

• We were interested in researching Fairy Penguins because they are cute and fun to learn about.

Feeding

• Fairy Penguins eat small fish, squid, crill and small crustations.

• If we actually purchase a Fairy Penguin, we will have to get its food from the fish shop or by fishing for them.

• Fairy Penguins have to eat at least 25% of their body weight each day to live.

breeding

• We do Intend on breeding our Fairy Penguins. They breed in their burrows and the mother lays 1-3 eggs each time. Fairy Penguins breed all year round.

Housing our animal

• We are planning to take our Fairy Penguin to live at Bowen Island with the other Fairy Penguins.

• Fairy Penguins make burrows usually on the beach so they can go out to the ocean quicker.

• Bowen Island is a Fairy Penguin reserve so there shouldn’t be anything like litter.We will visit our pet a few times a week.

Legal Issues

• I don’t think its legal to keep a Fairy penguin as a real pet.

Predators

• Sea-sharks, seals, killer whales• Land- feral cats and dogs, sea eagles,

large gulls• All we can do is ask the other penguins

to keep it safe with them• It could get killed out at sea if a

fishermen drops a gill net and it drowns.Although that is very unlikely.

The end

• We hope you enjoyed our presentation.