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African Penguins and Their Donkey-Like Braying Along Rooi-Els Coast

Original: Road Trip. Rooi Else way. These used to be called Jackass Penguins, renamed African Penguins. I learn why one day in Mur

A traveller on the road past Rooi-Els in South Africa's Western Cape spotted African penguins, the species once known as Jackass Penguins because of their braying call that sounds like a donkey. The birds, which breed near the famous Boulders Beach colony in Murdock Valley, were renamed African Penguins, and visitors are often stunned by the loud hee-hawing that comes from such small birds.

Why now: A traveller shared a surprising first-hand encounter with the penguins' unusual donkey-like call along a popular coastal route.

African penguinsRooi-ElsBoulders BeachMurdock ValleySouth Africa

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• Road Trip. Rooi Else way. These used to be called Jackass Penguins, renamed African Penguins. I learn why one day in Murdock Valley, next to the Famous Boulders Beach. They HEEHAW louder than a Donkey. Could not believe that sound came from a little damn BIRD! # travel #… · BissetWV · 4

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