Everybody loves
penguins, they're amazing birds.
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They're not quite like any bird
you've seen in your backyard
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or in the park. They're
birds that don't fly, they're
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flockers. While other
birds have wings for flying
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penguins have flippers to
help them swim in the water.
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They spend half their time
on land and half in the ocean.
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They're highly suitable
for the marine environment,
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they're excellent swimmers
and can dive to great depths
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to search for food.
Some to over 300 meters.
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Their shape and design enable
extreme agility underwater.
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The feet and tail act as
a rudder while the flippers
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act as propellers. They also
have a waterproof coat of short
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overlapping feathers and a
well-developed layer of fat
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for insulation. There
are 18 species of penguins
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and all of them with just
one exception are found in the
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southern hemisphere.
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Some of them are
especially fascinating.
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King penguins are the
second largest species measuring
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up to one meter tall, they're
eye-catching with a vivid
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splash of orangey-yellow
markings to contrast the
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black and white. King
penguins incubate their eggs
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on their feet. Once
the chicks are big enough,
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they form crèches that include
many of thousands of chicks.
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At this stage, chicks wear
a thick coat of brown down.
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King penguins are
great communicators...
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When they return from a foraging
trip at sea, they can find
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and identify their chicks in
a crowd of 50,000 young penguins
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just by
listening to their voices.
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Gentoo penguins are
easily recognizable with their
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orange bill, white eye patches,
peachy pink feet and a long
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fan-tail that sways when they
waddle. They're easy to hear too
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with a loud trumpeting honk.
At sea, Gentoo's are known for
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their speed, they're
the fastest of all penguins
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in the water, reaching up
to 36 kilometers per hour.
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Gentoo's are social breeders
building their pebble nests
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in colonies. Pebbles are a
Gentoo's prized possession...
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with the right stone a male
can woo a female and because
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of this, stones are intensely
guarded and the subject of
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many neighborly
disputes. Couples are monogamous
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and infidelity is a big
no-no with cheating penguins
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being punished with
exile from the colony.
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Rock-hopper penguins
are named after the habit of
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leaping across rocky
terrain. They're one of the more
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athletic penguin species on
land but they are still more
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at home in the water and
they're well-known for their
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spikey hairdo's.
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Macaroni penguins are famous
for their extravagant yellow
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plumes, their distinctive
golden crest and bright
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plumage led to the name
macaroni which refers to a
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man with
flamboyant fashion sense.
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Chin-strap penguins are
named for the narrow black band
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under their heads which extends
from ear to ear just below
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the chin and cheeks.
They're found mainly on the
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Antarctic Peninsula and on
islands in the South Atlantic
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Ocean. Which brings us now
to one of the most fascinating
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and loved of all the different
kinds of penguins and a long way
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from the
chin-straps in Antarctica.
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Only along the
shores of Southern Australia
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and New Zealand can you
find the rare and wonderful site
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the smallest penguins
in the world Ferry penguins
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also known as Little penguins.
Now to give you an idea
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of their size, this tiny penguin
is only 30 to 40 centimeters
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tall, just a little more
than the length of the ruler
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you used at school and
weighs just one kilogram
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that's the weight of a one
liter bottle of water or a pack
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of six small apples. These
little penguins are the only
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penguins in the world
that don't wear the traditional
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black and white suits...their
coat is of dark blue feathers
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and their bellies are white.
These charming little penguins
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spend about 80% of their time
at sea swimming and foraging
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for food. During the breeding
season they return to their
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nesting burrows on land, here
they mate, raise their chicks
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molt and take a break
from their moths at seal
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All adult penguins molt at
the end of the breeding season
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from February to April,
all their feathers are shed
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and replaced over a
period of two or three weeks.
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During the molt the new
feathers aren't waterproof
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and so the birds
need to stay on land.
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The nightly ritual of
penguins coming ashore enchants
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thousands of people who
flock to the coastline to watch
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these small sea-birds surfing
like a torpedo in on the waves
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and then they waddle up the
beach to sleep in their burrows
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But people aren't the
only ones who eagerly watch
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for the arrival of
the little penguins.
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One fierce introduced predator
wades of swims to the islands
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where the penguins live and
can decimate an entire colony
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very quickly.
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Join me as we follow the
dramatic story of a colony of
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little penguins that
was dangerously threatened
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with extinction and the
unlikely hero that saved them.
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This heartwarming story carries
a special message for us today
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it'll inspire you
and encourage you.
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Warrnambool is a lovely town
on the southwestern coast of
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Victoria 260 kilometers
from Melbourne at the end of the
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scenic Great Ocean Road.
This iconic road was built
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by the return World War I
soldiers between 1919 and 1932.
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and passes some of Australia's
most dramatic and iconic
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coastline including the
magnificent Twelve Apostles.
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The first documented European
exploration of the Warrnambool
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area was by Lt. James
Brown, a Scottish Explorer
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who sailed the Lady Nelson
along the coast in December
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of 1800. Next came the English
Navigator Matthew Flinders
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in the investigator and the
French Explorer Nicholas Borden.
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who both sailed past Warrnambool
in 1802 charting the coastline
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of Australia. Today Warrnambool
is home to another type of quest
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The Grand Annual Spring
Car Classic on the Australia
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day long weekend in
January. It's a 40-lap race on a
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dirt track which attracts over
100 Australian and International
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drivers. The city is also
known as the finishing point
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of the Melbourne to
Warrnambool Classic Cycle Race,
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It's the longest one-day bicycle
endurance race in the world
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and has been held
every October since 1895.
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This area was also frequented
by whalers early in the
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19th century. They hunted
the whales almost to the point
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of extinction but since
whaling was outlawed in 1935,
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the numbers of whales
have been steadily increasing.
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Southern rite whales are
a variety of baleen whales
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that has plates in its mouth
to sieve its food rather than
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teeth. They are some of
the largest mammals on earth
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and approximately
10,000 southern rite whales
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live in the sub-Antarctic
waters of the southern ocean.
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These whales grow to a length
of 18 meters and weigh up to
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23,000 kilos, they have enormous
heads and are black/dark brown
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or blue in color.
Tourists flock to watch these
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captivating whales breaching
and swimming in these waters.
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In winter, the whales migrate
to warmer waters around the
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southern areas of Australia
and almost every year between
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June and September
female southern rite whales
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return to the waters of
Warrnambool s Logan Beach
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to calve. The females
migrate to the nursery areas
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close to the shore to bear
their calves while the males
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yearlings and young adults
remain further out to sea.
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The whales often swim
within 100 meters of the shore,
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they can be viewed from a
specially constructed platform
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in the sand dunes
or from the beach.
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But there is another story
in Warrnambool that's happened
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in Sting-ray Bay and
it starts on Middle Island
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a small croppy windswept outcrop
lying very closed to the shore
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where the first fully manned
lighthouse station was built
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in 1855. There's a narrow
channel between the foreshore
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and the island and for as
long as people can remember,
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a colony of little penguins
nested and thrived in this
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rocky uninhabited haven.
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Little blue penguins are great
swimmers and look as though
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they are flying
through the water.
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As they come closer to
land they surf in and project
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themselves up on to the
land like a small torpedo
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usually landing on
their feet. Once they land
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they waddle from side to
side with their heads down
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jumping over rocks as
they search for their burrow.
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They usually follow the
same path to their burrow or
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nesting boxes each night and in
Middle Island, they've created
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worn paths into
the soft sandstone.
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The little penguins once
bred in many places along the
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Southern Australian coastline
but introduced predators
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rats, dogs, cats, and
foxes preyed on the penguins
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and soon destroyed many of their
colonies and their habitats.
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A Deacon University study of
the 1999-2000 breeding season
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of Middle Island found
292 burrows and 502 penguins
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were coming ashore during a
one hour period in January 2000.
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It was believed that there
were about 800 penguins nesting
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on the island. The study
also suggested that tourism
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was having a negative impact on
the penguins and raised concern
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over the thread post of the
colony by foxes and wild dogs.
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It was about the same
time during the year 2000 the
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natural water currents in
the channel led to an increased
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sand build-up and provided
access to the island during
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low-tide. Suddenly the
fox threat became a reality
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because now at low tide,
you could walk across from the
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mainland to the island a
distance of only 20 to 30 meters
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without barely getting wet.
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This meant that the hundreds
of little penguins were now
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at risk and in serious danger.
Soon the foxes found that
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during low-tide, they
could cross to the island for a
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penguin dinner. Now foxes
are known to be thrill killers.
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They kill anything they find
even though they don't need it
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for food. Within five
years the penguin population
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had decreased and in 2005
the penguin preservation project
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did a survey and found that
360 penguins had been killed
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by the foxes in just two nights.
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The penguin colony was
being decimated by the foxes
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though now a few of them tend
breeding pairs on the island
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something had to be
done to save the penguins.
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In 2006 the penguin preservation
project closed Middle island
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to the public to protect
the penguin burrows, chicks, and
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eggs from human trampling.
But it wasn't enough, foxes and
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other predators were
still reaching the island.
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The penguins on Middle Island
were going to be wiped out
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unless a
solution could be found.
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And then the unlikeliest concept
was suggested, a chicken farmer
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by the name of Swampy
Marsh came up with a plan.
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Swampy Marsh had successfully
used his dog as shepherds
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to protect his free-range
chickens from the foxes
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The dogs had zealously guarded
the chickens and protected them
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from danger, they were dedicated
and successful shepherds.
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So he suggested he could
try sending his dogs over to the
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island as guardians to
protect the little penguins
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from the foxes. But they
weren't just any breed of dog,
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they were Maremma dogs.
Now the Maremma sheepdog
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is an Italian breed of
sheep guarding dog native to
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the mountains of Tuscan.
These dogs are known for their
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thick white coats, fluffy
tails, and their fearlessness
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in protecting and defending
their flock from wolves.
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In a world-first Maremma
dogs were trained to protect
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penguins rather than chickens
or sheep, they were placed on
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Middle Island to
protect the penguins from foxes
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during the breeding season.
The first of several dogs to be
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used on Middle Island was called
Odd Ball and he made quite
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an impact.
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Our volunteer group was
kind of doing penguin counting
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and stuff like that and over
a period of a couple of weeks
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they found over 360 dead
mountain birds who also live
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on the island and
penguins on the island.
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So they spoke amongst each other
they tried baiting, they tried
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shooting, they tried
fencing, some areas off there
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just none of it worked and
one of the volunteers suggested
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to Swampy Marshall like
old free-range egg farmer
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and Swampy inexplicably
said all I need is a couple of
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Maremma's out there, they
just took some dinner sits
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and they will take
care of the whole problem.
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And that's when they
took Oddball out there,
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the first dog to go out
there the first time a Maremma
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dog had been used to look
after a native species and from
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Oddballs first night on
the island and the foxes tracks
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the killing of the
birds stopped immediately.
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The project was a huge success,
the shepherd dogs stay on the
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island during the breeding
season from October to March
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it's as if they take on the
responsibility for the care and
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well-being of the penguins,
they are prepared to commit
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everything to
protect the penguins.
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Amazingly since Oddball and
his four legged successors were
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introduced, there was a
steady increase in the penguin
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colony size. By 2013 there
was and estimated 180 penguins
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and by 2016 the
population reached over 200
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and there was no evidence of
a fox attack on a single penguin
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on Middle Island through to 2017
when the dogs stood on guard
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but then,
disaster struck the colony.
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Due to high tides and
bad weather no Maremma's were
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taken to the island, the colony
had no shepherd and without
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the dogs on patrol, the foxes
came to the island and went
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on a killing spree. In a single
night at least 70 penguins
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died, the preservation
project immediately returned the
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Maremma's to the island
and they have been successfully
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protecting the
little penguins ever since.
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The shepherd makes
all the difference.
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Today Middle Island is a wild-
life sanctuary that is home
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to breeding colonies
of little blue penguins
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and short-tailed shearwaters.
It's captured the interest of
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the world and provided a huge
boost for tourism in the area.
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During the summer months
you can visit Middle Island
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on the Meet the Maremma
Tours and experience the project
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first hand. The Maremma
Ambassador Dogs also spend time
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at Flagstaff Hill
Maritime Village interacting
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with visitors and
helping to educate people about
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environmental conservation.
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Middle Island is part of
the Merri Marine Sanctuary
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a dedicated group of volunteers
assist in managing the features
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of this beautiful area. This
innovative project is widely
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recognized as a world
first and has received a number
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of awards. Over 6,000 volunteer
hours have been contributed
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to the project in activities
such as penguin monitoring,
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care and training of Maremma
dogs, building of infrastructure
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on the island and fox control.
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In 2014, this heartwarming
story was made into a movie
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called Oddball and enjoyed
by people all over the world.
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The storyline is based on the
true story of the Middle Island
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Conservation Project and
focuses on one of the original
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Maremma shepherds dogs who
protects the penguin colony
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and saves them from extinction.
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The movie is funny and
touching and loving, in fact,
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the whole movie is basically
about love, standing guard
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protecting the
needy and vulnerable.
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It's a reminder of the
importance of having a good
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shepherd to protect the colony
from danger and the penguins
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aren't the only ones that
need protection, we do too.
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In a sense we all need a
good shepherd as we face the
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challenges of life in the real
world because there are times
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when we all feel unprotected
and exposed to the elements
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of life. Financial
struggles, marital difficulties,
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unfair treatment,
employment problems, we need
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a good shepherd. And
here's the good news.
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We've got one, listen to
what Jesus says in John 10:11:
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Jesus promises to be
our shepherd, our protector,
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He's reminding us of the
words of the Shepherd's song.
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The opening line is the
most famous line of all songs.
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This greatly loved song
is extremely powerful in its
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simplicity, here's
what it says in Psalm 23:
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Isn't that reassuring?
It's so comforting to know
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that the good shepherd will
lead, guide, and protect us.
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No matter where we may be
stranded in life He will lead us
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to a better place no matter
what predators may be lurking,
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He will protect us and
lead us to a safe place.
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But there is more in
Psalm 23, listen as we continue.
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Perhaps you are going
through the valley of the shadow
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right now, maybe the
valley of the shadow of death.
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It may be the valley of
the shadow of depression.
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It may be the valley of
the shadow of discouragement.
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It may be the valley of
the shadow of debt or conflict.
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Shadows can be scary.
Remember being afraid of shadows
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when you were
lying in bed as a child?
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But I've learned a
few things about shadows
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First, shadows can't hurt you
and second, shadows are always
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bigger than the source
and sometimes than reality.
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And here's the good news,
wherever there's a shadow,
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there has to be a light.
You can't have a shadow without
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a light. So the key when
you are going through the valley
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of the shadow is to
turn your back on the shadow
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and look at the light.
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Because as long as you
keep your eyes on the light
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Jesus, the Light of the
world, Jesus, the good shepherd,
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the shadows won't scare
you that's how you get through
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the valley's. Jesus promises
that even in your darkest
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valley's, He's there walking
beside you. Just look at Him
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don't be afraid. And remember
this as well shepherd's always
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carried a rod and a
staff to protect their sheep
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and in the same way,
God has all that's necessary
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to protect you and care for you.
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So yes, you can trust Him
even in the darkest valleys.
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Here's how the
shepherd's Psalm ends.
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God's protection and His reward
lasts forever, the secret is
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knowing the shepherd
which reminds me of a famous
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Shakespeare actor who was
the guest of honor at a social
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gathering. Where he received
many requests to recite favorite
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parts from various literary
works. An elderly retired pastor
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in the crowd asked the
actor to recite Psalm 23
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The Shepherd's Psalm. the
actor agreed on the condition
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that the preacher
would also recite it.
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Well the actor's recitation
was expertly presented
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with great dramatic emphasis
and the crowd gave him loud
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and lengthy applause, then
it was the old preachers turn
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his voice was rough and broken
from many years of preaching
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and his diction was
anything but polished
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but when he finished, there
wasn't a dry eye in the room.
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When someone asked the
actor what made the difference,
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he replied, I know the
Psalm but he knows the shepherd.
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If you've enjoyed our journey
to Warrnambool and Middle Island
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to see the little penguins
and our reflections on the
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Good Shepherd and the
protection that Jesus offers us,
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then be sure to join us again
next week when we will share
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another of life's
journey's together.
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Until then, may God keep
you safe and give you peace.
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Let's pray!
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Dear Heavenly Father, We
all experience dark valley's
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and challenges in our
lives and we pray that you will
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protect us and
lead us and guide us.
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We thank you for drawing near
to us and for being our Shepherd
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today and forever.
In Jesus name we pray.
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Amen!
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