The whole landscape is full of little black and white penguins waddling around.

整个岛上全都是摇摇晃晃黑白相间的小企鹅。

In fact, Little Penguins are the only truly nocturnal penguin on land.

事实上，小企鹅是陆地上唯一真正的夜间活动企鹅。

In the morning, a little penguin popped out from the egg!

早上，一只小企鹅从蛋里冒出来了！

In naming this little cutie emperor penguins are currently listed as a threatened species.

在给这只小可爱命名时，帝企鹅目前被列为受威胁物种。

Since the eradication of the red fox from the island, little penguins have no land predators.

自从岛上消灭了红狐之后，小企鹅就再也没有陆地上的掠食者了。

Spending 80% of their lives at sea, Little Penguins have highly effective feathers.

小企鹅一生 80% 的时间都在海上度过，它们拥有高效的羽毛。

This is the most dangerous time for a little penguin.

对于小企鹅来说，这是最危险的时候。

Adult little penguins are built for a life at sea.

成年小企鹅是为海上生活而生的。

Also known as Fairy Penguins or Blue Penguins, the Little Penguins are aptly named, as they are the smallest species of penguin in the world.

小企鹅也被称为仙企鹅或蓝企鹅，这是世界上最小的企鹅种类，因此得名。

This is the largest colony of little penguins in the world, with 30,000 calling Phillip Island home.

这里是世界上最大的小企鹅栖息地，菲利普岛有 30,000 只小企鹅。

The little penguins spend most of their lives at sea, and tonight many are returning to land in order to molt .

小企鹅一生的大部分时间都在海上度过，今晚许多小企鹅将返回陆地换毛。

It is home to two of the largest agglomerations of little penguins and fur seals, and a ground zero for the reintroduction of locally extinct animals.

它是两个最大的小企鹅和海狗聚集地的家园，也是重新引入当地灭绝动物的归零地。

If you look closely, you might be able to spot a little penguin in its burrow during the day, but these penguins are night owls.

如果你仔细观察，白天你可能会在洞穴里发现一只小企鹅，但这些企鹅是夜猫子。

The males are the main excavators, but all little penguins come equipped with sharp claws on their feet to help them dig.

雄性是主要的挖掘机，但所有小企鹅的脚上都配备了锋利的爪子来帮助它们挖掘。

But they're not good forever, and once a year, the little penguins will replace all of their feathers, in what's called a molt.

但它们不会永远好，每年一次，小企鹅会更换所有羽毛，即所谓的换毛。

Little Penguins breed once a year, and don't mate for life - though they will stick with their partner until the chicks are ready to go out on their own.

小企鹅每年繁殖一次，并且不会终生交配——尽管它们会一直与伴侣在一起，直到小企鹅准备好自己出去。

Again unlike their cold weather cousins, Little Penguins can only be found along the shores of Southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand, preferring the more temperate climates to the sub zero freeze.

与寒冷天气的表亲不同的是，小企鹅只能在澳大利亚南部、塔斯马尼亚和新西兰的海岸找到，它们更喜欢温和的气候，而不是零度以下的冰冻气候。

While their largest Antarctic relatives can tower in at over a meter tall, The little penguins only ever reach about thirty three centimeters tall, a bit longer than an American football.

虽然它们最大的南极亲戚可以身高一米多高，但小企鹅的高度只有约 33 厘米，比美式足球稍长。

In order to help the little penguins recolonize Phillip Island, which used to be their home, The Researchers have set up these boxes, as you see behind me.

为了帮助小企鹅重新定居菲利普岛，这里曾经是它们的家，研究人员设置了这些盒子，正如你在我身后看到的那样。

The little penguins lay two eggs per clutch but they're also the only species of penguin known to be able to lay more than one clutch up to six if the conditions are right.

这些小企鹅每窝产两枚蛋，但它们也是已知的唯一一种在条件合适的情况下能够产一窝甚至六窝蛋的企鹅。