King Penguin (9/11)

SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae

Aptenodytes patagonicus  

Lusitania Bay from Zodiacs. This was once the site of a seal oil operation where one male elephant seal could be boiled down for hundreds of litres of oil. When the seals ran out men turned to boiling down penguins. They would kill 4000 penguins a day!! They ceased oil production in 1919.