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[–] anthropomorphized 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So in the Australian "Secrets of the Zoo" the handlers call them "Little" Penguins. I've heard all three names used interchangeably, from the US, haven't zero'd in on the regionality of the names, so where you at? Also the zoo show is in Sydney.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks, I think I picked up that idea from that SeaWorld. I'll stop repeating it now.