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Penguin adoption - Promises

> > Dear PenguinPromises > > The penguins have reached the coast of Brazil and will be having a great time. > The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and the water is crystal clear. Catching > fish is easy for Promises with such good sunshine and clear water. > > When Promises is home in the colony raising chicks, just one type of fish makes > up 90% of the diet. The common name for those fish is Sprats, and the scientific > name is "Sprattus fuegensis". The reason that the penguins almost exclusively > catch sprats here in the south is because they are very common in Patagonia, > and live in large groups, called shoals. > > Because sprats live in shoals, the penguins are able to catch them quickly once > they have located the shoal. The penguins swim around the shoal eating one fish > after another, and can quickly catch enough to take back to the nest. Of course > the shoals have millions of fish