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impressively though not much jumping was required on their muddy path. They

seemed a little bemused by the presence of so many creatures looking at them

through these long black tubes which clicked and clacked at them. But they got their

courage up and went hopping on down the path towards the albatross rookery where

they also had their homes.

We saw one young Rockhopper, at least we assume he was immature, who had no

yellow-orange feathers streaming back from his eyes. He had the yellow markings

where his eyebrows would be, but not the long feathers. We also noted that when

the wind hit the penguins from behind and it did so almost constantly, their head

feathers raised up so that they looked like they were sporting brush cuts. How

cunningly Nature has fashioned these charming birds! They are tiny, comically

adorned, yet dignified and persistent against all the harshness Nature herself hurls

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