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 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.

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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.

Penguins have them also in the flippers and nasal passages.

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.

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.

Before the Penguins, Pittsburgh had been the home of the NHL's Pirates from 1925 to 1932 and of the Hornets AHL franchise from the 1930s to 1967.

In 1998-99, the Penguins had an average attendance 14, 825 tickets at home games, the lowest it had been since Lemieux's rookie year.

The Penguins chose highly touted junior league player Sidney Crosby from the Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, who had been training with Lemieux over the summer.

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.

There has been a gradual shift towards Nicktoon series using three-dimensional computer animation rather than traditional or digital two-dimensional ink and paint ; the introductions of The Penguins of Madagascar and Fanboy and Chum Chum to the channel's lineup reflect this.

This trait has also been seen among Emperor Penguins.

The sound has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it is a breeding site for Fiordland Penguins.

Stojanov, who had been drafted eight spots ahead of Näslund in the 1991 Draft, went on to play 45 games, scoring two goals and four assists for the Penguins over the next two seasons.

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

Penguins have been observed to engage in homosexual behaviour since at least as early as 1911.

Macaroni Penguins range from the subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula ; at least 216 breeding colonies at 50 sites have been recorded.

Although the population of Macaroni Penguins is estimated at around 18 million mature individuals, a substantial decline has been recorded in several locations.

Macaroni Penguins normally forage at depths of, but have been recorded diving down to on occasions.

The sound has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because it is a breeding site for Fiordland Penguins.

Whether or not Yellow-eyed Penguins are colonial nesters has been an ongoing issue with zoologists in New Zealand.

Little Penguins on Middle Island in Warrnambool, Victoria were subject to heavy predation by foxes, which could reach the island at low tide by a tidal sand bridge.

One of the many reasons for the lockout included disagreements on the resolution of the financial struggles of teams like the Penguins and Ottawa Senators, who had filed for bankruptcy protection.

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.

The vigorous and legitimate movement for modernism in Australian writing, espoused by many writers and critics in addition to the members of the Angry Penguins group, received a severe setback, and the conservative element was undoubtedly strengthened.

Wildlife on the island includes Gentoo Penguins, South American Gray Foxes ( introduced, not to be confused with the Falkland Islands Wolf ), Peregrine Falcons, Southern and Striated Caracaras, Guanacos, fur seals, and many seabirds.

Gwar also has many references to H. P. Lovecraft themes ( Antarctica, Yig, Giant Penguins, Fleshy Insanities, etc .).

The Surf Club fosters and supports many other water-oriented sport and recreation club's including the Coogee Minnows ( a junior lifesaving / nipper club ), Coogee Triathlon Club, The Coogee Boardriders as well as supporting swimming groups such as the Coogee Penguins.

James " Jimmy " Hibbert ( born 23 November 1956 ) is an English television writer and voice actor best known for his work for Cosgrove Hall, mainly voicing Ruffles, Dr Von Goosewing and many other characters in Count Duckula and Bella, Harry Slime and Poodle Stink in Avenger Penguins.

After the Screaming Eagles won 49 games and captured a division title, Fleury returned from the Pittsburgh Penguins, leading many to think the team would be unstoppable in the playoffs.

From this " Angry " group of modernists, formed a group known as the Angry Penguins, which also included many social realists.

Penguins and many arctic birds use these exchangers to keep their feet at roughly the same temperature as the surrounding ice.