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Photos of South Africa

The African penguin is also called the black-footed penguin, Cape penguin, or jackass penguin (due to its mating call resembling a braying donkey), and it is the only penguin species that lives on the African continent, mainly along the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Pictured are African penguins at the Boulders Penguin Colony in Table Mountain National Park.

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Tobacco use

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