Penguins generally live in remote and desolate places – the Antarctic or rocky coastlines. Blue penguins are usually not the exception to that lifestyle. However, being native to New Zealand and Australia they sometimes find themselves closer to humans than most penguin species. Still they tend to remain aloof from humans, unless they find a sushi shop they like, then they might just move into the neighborhood.
On Monday morning, they received more calls and found two penguins nesting beneath the Sushi Bi store at Wellington Railway Station. Police captured and released them, but they were back under the stall again a few hours later.
Once they were moved back to the waterfront, wildlife officers sealed up the sushi stall's crevices to ensure the penguins wouldn't attempt to restore their nest.
Little blue penguins, also known as fairy penguins, are the smallest species of flightless sea birds with an average height of 25 centimeters (10 inches) and an average weight of about one kilogram (2.2 pounds). They are native to New Zealand and relatively common in Wellington. They are listed as an at-risk species, with dogs considered their main threat.
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