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Putting happy feet forward in new home

ICONIC Little Penguins cautiously inspect their new home - in the middle of the city.

Manly SEA LIFE little penguins
Manly SEA LIFE little penguins

IT'S a big, scary thing for a little penguin.

Leaving the safety of quarantine, these cute critters discovered their new home at Manly SEA LIFE Sanctuary in Sydney.

The suburb's iconic Little Penguins will be housed in the attraction's new display, Penguin Cove - its first penguin exhibit.

The exhibit replicates the creature's native environment, with sand, native grass and plants from the area and a sandstone-like shelter emulating the shoreline.

Manly is one of the last mainland breeding colonies of Little Penguins in Australia.

While they can usually only be seen in the wild when they are nesting, the new exhibit will allow visitors to see them all year round.

Manly SEA LIFE - formerly known as Oceanworld Manly - has relaunches as a facility for the breeding, protecting, rescue and rehabilitation of Australian marine life.

Manly SEA LIFE little penguins
Manly SEA LIFE little penguins














Manly SEA LIFE little penguins
Manly SEA LIFE little penguins















 

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