Erect-crested penguins lay two eggs each year, the second egg being 85% heavier than the first. However, they only ever rear one chick. Almost always the chick hatches from the second egg. This phenomenon is a trait of all crested penguins.
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New Zealand Penguins
Photograph by Dave Houston
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