Mama and baby...

A mother penguin is dwarfed by her chick, as she leads him to their burrow. The chicks chirp like babies, and waddle slowly toward the moms, hoping for some chow...the mom takes a few steps forward and waits for the chick to waddle forward again...slow process...penguin chicks are not so unlike human kids.

Oamaru and wandering with animals...

February 9th 2009
So this weekend I had four days off...well not exactly, the first was post call and I was actually called back into the hospital at 5 AM for a Ceasar (thanks, Dave for the correction in spelling, still sounds like seezer when the Kiwis say it), got home a wee bit past 7, got called back around 7:25 for a Class 1 incoming to the ER. Turned out to be a 14 year old with a catastrophic vascular inter ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Timaru

The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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