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Most yellow-eyed penguins live their lives around the age of 23. Male yellow-eyed penguins live longer than the female penguins.<ref>Wardell, William. [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Megadyptes_antipodes/ ADW] ''animaldiversity''. Web. Last Updated on November 8, 2013.</ref> Yellow-eyed penguins has the longest breeding season than all the other penguin species. They start to look for a mate between August and the end of March. <ref name=photovolcanica/> | Most yellow-eyed penguins live their lives around the age of 23. Male yellow-eyed penguins live longer than the female penguins.<ref>Wardell, William. [http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Megadyptes_antipodes/ ADW] ''animaldiversity''. Web. Last Updated on November 8, 2013.</ref> Yellow-eyed penguins has the longest breeding season than all the other penguin species. They start to look for a mate between August and the end of March. <ref name=photovolcanica/> | ||
While going through their breeding season, they lay their two bluish eggs in middle of October. Male and female penguins take turn to incubate their eggs for more than a week. They have to incubate their eggs for 45 days, until the egg hatches near the beginning of November. After the egg hatches, the parents will stay with them for 2 weeks. The yellow-eyed penguin is the only species that stays with their child for 2 weeks after the egg hatches. While they stay with the baby penguin, one of the parent will go to the sea and search for food, and the other penguin will stay with the baby and look after them. After the 2 weeks are over, they won’t come over as much as they used to, they will come to the baby and feed them once in a while. After 100 days, the baby must start to mature and live it’s independent life. However, after the baby becomes independent, both of the parents doesn’t leave the nest for a considerable amount of time. The couple must stay together, not because they want to, but because they must moult themselves. The couple can’t go anywhere before they moult themselves. | While going through their breeding season, they lay their two bluish eggs in middle of October. Male and female penguins take turn to incubate their eggs for more than a week. They have to incubate their eggs for 45 days, until the egg hatches near the beginning of November. After the egg hatches, the parents will stay with them for 2 weeks. The yellow-eyed penguin is the only species that stays with their child for 2 weeks after the egg hatches. While they stay with the baby penguin, one of the parent will go to the sea and search for food, and the other penguin will stay with the baby and look after them. After the 2 weeks are over, they won’t come over as much as they used to, they will come to the baby and feed them once in a while. After 100 days, the baby must start to mature and live it’s independent life. However, after the baby becomes independent, both of the parents doesn’t leave the nest for a considerable amount of time. The couple must stay together, not because they want to, but because they must moult themselves. The couple can’t go anywhere before they moult themselves.<ref>[http://anajikr.blog.me/30007917766 Yelloweyedpenguin] ''anajikr''. Web. Last Updated August 23, 2006 Author Unknown.</ref> | ||
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