UNUSUAL VISITORS
Penguin and Whale on Otago Coast
LEISURELY BIRD Dominion, Special Service. Dunedin, February 12. The Otago coast has been visited by some unusual callers during the past day or two, their origin no doubt being the waters of the Antarctic. At Pounawea yesterday morning a penguin standing about two feet high made a leisurely call upon the residents, making its appearance in Mr. J. R. M’ilson’s garden about 6 o’clock. Interested spectators watched it dive gracefully into the water .and then parade around the Esplanade. The penguin was quite tame and approachable.
Another visitor was a whale which was seen cruising about half-way between M’hite Island and St. Clair last night. Its length was estimated at 30 feet by members of the life-saving club, who watched it moving for about half an hour along the stretch of sea toward St. Hilda. After that it was obscured by a thick coating of fog which' came suddenly down upon the sea. This is probably the same whale that was seen off Akatore on Sunday.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 119, 13 February 1935, Page 10
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