Kelly Milner Halls

for the winter reading challenge we had to make a poster about an author here is mine

Little Blue Penguins Report

A couple of weeks ago we had Lucy from the penguin trust come in and talk to us about little blue penguins. after we had to make a report on Little Blue Penguins here is mine.

Little Blue Penguins

By Amelia

Did you know that little blue penguins  cover themselves in oil that comes out of their rear end to make their feathers waterproof! If you want to learn more interesting stuff  about little blue penguin like , why they are endangered, how you can help them and all the cool features they have. If you want to learn all this stuff then read on.

There are many reasons why little blue penguins are endangered most of them because of human destruction.These are some of the reasons little blue penguins are endangered the first one is because of humans destroying their home.  People are dropping rubbish everywhere rubbish is getting in our oceans and in the fish it is making little blue penguins sick and injured. Secondly people are walking on the sand dunes and stomping on their burrows which means that they have to make new ones and they are more visible to danger. And probably the biggest problem right now is dogs. People are letting them loose on and around our beaches it doesn't matter if a dog is trying to kill or just play with little blue penguins the outcome is the same death. Those are just some of the reasons little blue penguins are disappearing quickly.

Secondly little blue penguins need our help to survive. Here are some things you can do to help our little friends. First NZ need to stop littering don’t drop rubbish put it in the bin. If you find rubbish pick it up, you never know you might be saving a life of a little blue penguin and even other animals if you just pick up some rubbish. Secondly keep behind fences at the beach and do not let your dog or yourself walk on the sand dunes and most importantly do not let your dogs run loose when you are at the beach or if you are around the beach, especially at night or early in the morning. try to tell as many people as you can about these rules and NZ will have many more little blue penguins and other wildlife.

Now let’s get into the good stuff, you will be amazed at how many amazing features little blue penguins have here are some of the amazing features. little blue penguins have a layer of blubber to keep them warm then they have down feathers if these get wet they will sink. They cover themselves in oil that comes out of there rear end to make them waterproof. Little blue penguins can sneze out salt out of there nose.  Little blue penguins lose all their feathers at once. Little blue penguins have built in googles.

Hopefully you have learnt some things about little blue penguins why they are endangered, how you can help them and all the cool features they have. Please remember don’t let your dogs run wild along the beach we all need to work together help save this amazing little creature.