They are native to Australia and New Zealand. Blues are the smallest of all penguin species. Adult birds weigh about 2 pounds. In the wild, blues forage between 11 and 18 hours per day. They eat an average of 17 percent of their body weight each day.
Blues are the only penguins to have bluish-grey feathers.
They also are the only penguins without head ornamentation. The aquarium's penguins come from a breeding program at the zoo in Melbourne, Australia. Check out their Web site for a map of the penguins' habitat. In the wild, they'll live to be about 7 years old, although in captivity their life expectancy can be doubled. The birds live a cushy life at the aquarium, resting when they feel like it on an elaborate rock formation dotted with tiny caves.