Apart from Little Penguins, they have several common names.

In Sydney, snipers have been deployed to protect a colony of Little Penguins.

Penguins have an average sense of hearing for birds ; this is used by parents and chicks to locate one another in crowded colonies.

Penguins have a thick layer of insulating feathers that keeps them warm in water ( heat loss in water is much greater than in air ).

Penguins seem to have no special fear of humans, and have approached groups of explorers without hesitation.

Penguins have been the subject of many books and films such as Happy Feet, Surf's Up and The Penguins of Madagascar, all CGI films ; March of the Penguins, a documentary based on the migration process of the Emperor Penguin ; and a parody titled Farce of the Penguins.

Penguins have also found their way into a number of cartoons and television dramas ; perhaps the most notable of these is Pingu, created by Silvio Mazzola in 1986 and covering more than 100 short episodes.

Several pro, minor, college and high school sport teams have named themselves after the species, with the Pittsburgh Penguins team in the National Hockey League and the Youngstown State Penguins being the most recognizable.

: Penguins have wings.

Historically, their biggest rivals have been the New York Rangers, with an intense rivalry stretching back to the 1970s, the New Jersey Devils, with whom they traded the Atlantic Division title every season between and, and their bitter cross-state rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Around the same time, rumors had begun to circulate that the Penguins and California Golden Seals were to be relocated to Seattle and Denver respectively, the two cities that were to have been the sites of an expansion for the 1976 – 77 season.

Players from the Pittsburgh Penguins have won the trophy 14 times ( within 24 seasons ); players from the Montreal Canadiens have won it nine times ; and the Chicago Blackhawks have seen players win the award eight times.

Teams that have switched from athletic gold to a metallic shade include the Minnesota North Stars ( now the Dallas Stars ), Pittsburgh Penguins, and Anaheim Ducks.

The Kings, Canucks, and Penguins have also worn gold sweaters color in the past.

Members of the Pittsburgh Penguins have won the award the most number of times, with eight winners, followed by the Edmonton Oilers, with six winners.

In early 1975, newspapers reported that the Seals and Pittsburgh Penguins were to be relocated to Denver and Seattle, respectively, in an arrangement that would have seen the two teams sold to groups in those cities that had already been awarded " conditional " franchises for the 1976-77 season.

The Pirates would later have a connection with Pittsburgh's next NHL franchise ; the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Little Penguins preen their feathers to keep them waterproof.

Coming off the success of " Earth Angel ," the Penguins approached Buck Ram to manage them.

Other names for them are " Ringed Penguins ", " Bearded Penguins ", and " Stonecracker Penguins " due to their harsh call.

He began singing and playing in local doo-wop groups, recording with a number of them including The Penguins, The Cadets and the Chimes, the Crowns, the Five Hearts, the Hunters, the Rams, the Whips, and the Dreamers, an otherwise all-female quartet from Fremont High.

Penguins have both feathers and fat, since their need for streamlining limits the degree of insulation which feathers alone can give them.

* Antarctic Fur Seals on Marion Island have also been seen chasing King Penguins on the beach, killing and eating them.

Pevsner recalled his response " Allen said, ' You have done the King Penguins now and we are going on with them, but if you had your way, what else would you do?

The Red Wings have been very successful since the move to Joe Louis Arena, winning four Stanley Cup championships ( with two of them, 1997 and 2002, taking place with the Cup clinching victory at home ), and playing in two additional Stanley Cup Finals, in 1995 against the New Jersey Devils and in 2009 against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Pittsburgh Penguins played their last game in Mellon Arena on May 12, 2010 ; a 5 – 2 defeat at the hands of the Montreal Canadiens to eliminate them from the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

He helped out the cause by scoring the first Red Wings ' goal on the powerplay in the first period to help them defeat the Penguins 3-2 in game 6.

Emperor Penguins breed during the harshest months of the Antarctic winter, and their mobility allows them to form huge huddled masses which help them to withstand the extremely high winds and low temperatures of the season.

Though the Stars battled back, winning their next two games, Osgood shone in game 6, stopping all but one shot in a game riddled with Red Wings penalties, sending them to the Stanley Cup Finals to meet the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Emperor Penguins ’ pursuit of squid, fish, and crustaceans leads them to dive as deep as 500 meters.

In 2006, developer Lawrence Gottesdiener began lobbying to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins and move them to a new Hartford arena, but the Lemieux Group was reluctant to sell.

Coincidentally, both of them were drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

In Australia, they are also referred to as Fairy Penguins because of their tiny size.

In New Zealand, they are also called Little Blue Penguins, or just Blue Penguins, owing to their slate-blue plumage, and they are called Kororā in Māori.

The rivalry between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League is also fiercely contested.

The Hollywood Flames had also recorded " I Know " in 1953, a song which has been called " a chord-for-chord blueprint for " Earth Angel ," and which featured the same Curtis Williams piano intro that Williams himself reused on the Penguins hit.

The Bruins protested this color change, claiming a monopoly on black and gold, but the Penguins defended their choice by stating that the NHL Pirates also used black and gold as their team colors, and that that black and gold were Pittsburgh's traditional sporting colors.

On the Penguins ' final game of the season, Crosby scored a goal and an assist to become the top scoring rookie in Penguins history with 102 points ( eclipsing Lemieux ), despite losing the rookie scoring race to Russian superstar Ovechkin, who, unlike Malkin, was also set to debut that season, been able to make his way to the NHL.

The season also marked the arrival of another future Canucks superstar, as Markus Naslund was acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Alek Stojanov.

The Saturday morning lineup ( also sometimes called " A Morning of Premieres ", when new episodes of at least three of its original animated series are scheduled to air ), features episode premieres of many of the channel's animated series, including SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, The Penguins of Madagascar, Planet Sheen and T. U. F. F.

She is also the voice of Yuffie Kisaragi in the English version of the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, as well as in the Disney / Square game Kingdom Hearts and has continued success as a voice over actor on shows like Family Guy and The Penguins of Madagascar.

In 1990, Fast Forward won two Logie awards ; it also received two Australian Television awards ( Penguins ) for Excellence in Make-up and Achievement in Production.

This trait has also been seen among Emperor Penguins.

Abel's son Gerry also briefly played in the NHL, and his grandson Brent Johnson is a goaltender with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

He also served as a backup for the Penguins in the playoffs for four games and did not participate in Cleveland's playoff run.

He also won his fifth Jennings Trophy and had the third-best GAA in the league, leading his team to back-to-back division wins that included a 6 – 0 regular-season sweep of the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.

King Penguins also porpoise, a swimming technique used to breathe while maintaining speed.

* Orcas may also hunt King Penguins.

He has also played for the Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins and Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2009.

Besides the Southern Right whale, the coastline is also visited by Australian Fur Seals, Little Penguins and Common Dolphins.

In addition commercial tourist operations on Otago Peninsula also provide hides to view Yellow-eyed Penguins.