Story: Penguins
Like seals, penguins were harvested for their oil and pelts during the 19th century. This large pile of rolled skins was apparently left behind on the Antipodes Islands, to be rediscovered in 1978.
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Lloyd Spencer Davis, Penguins – Conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6391/penguin-pelts (accessed 27 October 2025).
Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 2 March 2009.