Mom and I took one afternoon while in Cape Town to visit relatives in Kalk Bay, an area that has been much featured on this blog. We took a detour a few towns onwards to check out the jackass penguin colony. These particular penguins are called "jackass" because they make the cry of a donkey. In addition to that, they have managed to lower the value of the real estate in the area due to their noisiness and fishy feces.
The Government has also taken measures to interfere with the colony as the penguins destroy all the plant life along this portion of the coast line. By fencing off areas of the flora and fynbos they've created an insurance policy to ensure the area stays ecologically sustainable. Thus, we watched the penguins from a wooden platform/boardwalk built over-top of the plants and penguins. These little guys are the most photogenic ever - I'm not sure it would be possible to take a poor photo of them.
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