African Penguin

How did they get their name?	The African penguin gets is name from where it lives.
Where do they live?	South Africa
How long do they live?	African penguins live between 10 and 12 years of age.
What is the height of this penguin?	They are about 2 feet tall.
What is the weight of this penguin?	They weigh between 7 and 11 pounds.
What do they look like?	African penguins have a black upside down U-shape on their neck with black speckles on their chest.
What do they eat?	They eat small fish.
Where do they nest and what are the nests like?	African Penguins breed in burrows, rock crevices and under shrubs, often forming large colonies, with some numbering over ten thousand pairs.
What are the predators of this penguin?	African Penguins predators from the sky are Kelp Gulls and Sacred Ibises, while the land predators, are the mongoose, genets and leopards.
What are some interesting facts about this penguin?	African penguins live and breed on the coast of South Africa. People have hunted these penguins so much that their numbers declined from at least one million to about 150,000. They are now a protected species, but are still caused trouble by oil spills off the coast of Africa. African penguins are also known as the Blackfoot penguin.