Forest penguin (SciiFii)

The forest penguin (Sphenychus terrestris) is a species of penguin that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the wetlands, forests, and open woodlands across New Zealand to help boost biodiversity. Unlike other penguin species, the forest penguin is a fully terrestrial bird that lives in the forested environments, rather than on shorelines nor in the oceans, covered in fur-like feathers and with a visible nail-like claw on each of its wing tips. Its ecology and behaviour is similar to the kiwi, another bird of New Zealand, but with a less specialised diet made of both invertebrates and plant matter. The forest penguin characteristics has been engineered through neoteny, a process in which individuals keep juvenile characteristics into adulthood. It is, thus, a sexually mature penguin chick that never goes into the sea. Unlike most penguins, the forest penguin is generally a solitary animal that spends throughout most of its life alone except during the breeding seasons. The conservation status of the forest penguin is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts and the forest penguin's tolerance to many of the human activities.
Category:Animals
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Category:SciiFii