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    221 hours ago

    “Little Penguin” is their more scientific name, so that’s why they would be using it the people living in Sydney would still call it a fairy penguin.

    I’m from Melbourne, where the picture is from.

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      321 hours ago

      It’s scientific name is Eudyptula novaehollandiae

      It’s common name in Australia in general was ‘fairy penguin’, but there has been effort to boost alternative names because they word fairy was a pejorative name for gay men

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        The RAOU set “Little Penguin” as the preferred name and that is why they do.

        The gay claim is overblown alt-right shit, one SeaWorld claimed to have changed the name for that reason, no one else ever did.

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        220 hours ago

        But there’s an icecream here called Golden Gaytime, and the greatest Australian movie is The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert…