A Gentoo penguin swims in a pool at the Melbourne Aquarium on November 10, 2011. The Aquarium was celebrating the arrival of its first sub-Antarctic Gentoo penguin chicks for 2011, during a breeding season which typically lasting around three months from October to late December with parents sharing the incubation period of their eggs until they hatch after 34 to 36 days. They are the fastest underwater swimming penguins, able to reach speeds of 36 kmh, and are native to many sub-Antarctic islands.
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