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All right, who logged into my account and vandilized Little Blue Penguins? Targon142 21:56, 7 December 2006 (UTC) "The birds, which many tourists find irresistibly cute, are Victoria's most popular tourist attraction[citation needed]". Citation needed alright. The Twelve Apostles anyone?"
[edit] Photographs not allowed
I visited Phillip Island in July 2003 and saw a penguin parade. It was awesome. (Be sure to bring warm clothes if you go.) We were told the reason photographs are not allowed is because the flash-lights from cameras cause blindness in these penguins. That is equivalent to a death sentence. --tess 23:21, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
At Phillip Island, south-east of Melbourne, a viewing area has been set up to allow tourists to view the nightly "penguin parade". Lights and concrete stands have been erected to allow visitors to see but not photograph the birds interacting in their colony, which they do with a total lack of interest in their spectators. The birds, which many tourists find irresistibly cute, are one of Victoria's most popular tourist attractions[citation needed]. Tourists to Perth in Western Australia can also make the short trip to Penguin Island to see the penguins and observe their normal behaviour. The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony[3] is the New Zealand equivalent to Phillip Island's penguin parade.
This entire section does not belong here, this denotes human behviour not penguin. In addition, it is little more than spam for a commercial tourism venture. Thirdly, the writing is pitiful. For example, "which many tourists find irresistibly cute", this is subject nonsense which doesn't belong in an encyclopedia.
[edit] Subspecies
Is there an classification for subspecies? Snowman (talk) 21:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Maori Wikipedia?
I'm not sure what the logic of the Maori name of the bird is -- in the English language version of Wikipedia -- unless it is sometimes used in English, or conveys (with translation) some interesting cultural information about how the bird is viewed by the native population.
Will you also include about 20 south coast Australian Aboriginal names?
Will every Canadian animal listed in a Wikipedia article give the French name as well -- and of course about 100 native names?
The fact that New Zealand is a bilingual country doesn't turn Wikipedia into a bilingual encyclopedia when a New Zealand subject comes up.
This is a kind of assertive Maori nationalism that isn't appropriate in a neutral forum like Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.209.120 (talk) 04:22, 21 May 2008 (UTC) This is a kind of assertive Maori nationalism that isn't appropriate in a neutral forum like Wikipedia.
- The rational is that many New Zealand birds are commonly referred to by their Maori names in New Zealand by Pakeha (or non-Maori). Lots of Kiwis, including biologists, use them, and as such they can legitimately considered alternative English names as well, at least in English speaking New Zealand. This is not quite as common in Canada or Australia. (The extent to which this is true varies for different species, the Purple Swamp-hen is for example almost universally known as the Pukeko, but rather less people know that the Tieke is the Saddleback. Off the top of my head I couldn't tell you the Maori name for the Little Penguin, although it is more commonly called the Blue Penguin here) Sabine's Sunbird talk 04:30, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
