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What Animal am I?

By Dr Rebecca Overeem, Phillip Island Nature Parks

Illustrations by Cara Richardson, Phillip Island Nature Parks

Graphic Design by Kahren Richardson, Phillip Island Nature Parks

First published in 2015 by Phillip Island Nature Parks

© Text and graphics 2015. May be copied for educational purposes.

What animal am I? I use my claws to dig my burrow,

but I am not a wombat.

I have a third eyelid that helps me keep my eyes clean,

but I am not a lizard.

but I am not a short-tailed shearwater.

I only come to land to raise my young,

I have a strong, sharp beak to bite with,

but I am not a cockatoo.

I like to eat fish for dinner,

but I am not a dolphin.

I make a huck-huck noise when I call my friends,

but I am not a duck.

I have flippers that help me swim fast,

but I am not an Australian fur seal.

I have blue feathers above and white feathers below,

but I am not a blue fairy-wren.

Can you figure out what I am?

I am a little penguin.

Some rubbish looks like little silver fish and I accidentally eat it. Other rubbish floats in the ocean and I get caught in it.

I have many interesting features which I use to help me survive on land and in the ocean.

But… I cannot protect myself from the rubbish that finds its way into the ocean.

Rangers and researchers from Phillip Island Nature Parks help remove the rubbish. You can help too! Please make sure you put your rubbish in the bin so that the ocean and beach are free from rubbish that can hurt me.

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Backing up on the success of our ‘What animal am

I?’ Australian fur seal picture storybook, the latest

addition to our series incorporates a new array of

beautifully illustrated Australian wildlife. Each page

will lead your little one on an exploration of animal

features which will keep them guessing to the end.

Complemented by the ‘Little Penguin Early Childhood

Teaching and Learning Resource’, it is the perfect

book for your budding biologist.

Please help make a difference – put your rubbish in the bin.

This book and accompanying teaching and learning resource were produced by

Phillip Island Nature Parks through the generous support of ExxonMobil Australia.

For more information go to:

www.penguins.org.au