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Expanded entry from 1-liner.
A number of kinds of flightless seabirds found in the southern hemisphere. '''Penguins''' are actively swimming predators, feeding on [[fish]] and [[squid]]. Adelie penguins have been recorded diving to depths of over 2,000 feet.
In addition to the huge colonies found on many islands of the sub-Antarctic, penguins are found in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and continental South America. The most northerly variety is the Galapagos penguin.
The largest type is the Emperor penguin which nests on the Antarctic continent, which grows up to four feet tall, but remains of [[fossil]] penguins as tall as a man have been found.
Penguins are eaten at sea by leopard seals and [[killer whale]]s, and on land can fall prey to Antarctic [[skua]]s and feral [[cat]]s. Historically they were commercially processed into oil by enterprises on numerous sub-Antarctic islands.
[[Category:Birds]]