Macaroni penguin been considered separate species, but the close similarities of their DNA sequences has led some, such as the Australian ornithologists Les Christidis and Walter Boles, to treat the royal as a subspecies of the macaroni. The two species are very similar in appearance; the royal penguin has a white face instead of the usually black face of the macaroni. Interbreeding with the Indo-Pacific subspecies of the southern rockhopper penguin ("E. chrysocome filholi") has been reported at Heard and Marion Islands, with three hybrids recorded there by a 1987–88 Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition. The macaroni penguin is a large, crested
Sam Macaroni in the Virtual Reality medium, Sam Macaroni is extremely passionate about creating exciting narrative driven VR content. He has produced original VR content with Disney, Sony, Lionsgate, Digital Domain, Epic Games, Jaunt, Google and more. Prior to his VR career, Sam Macaroni was an Executive Producer/Director at The Walt Disney Company. While there he wrote and directed successful branded entertainment campaigns for M&M’s, Windex, AT&T, Canon Cameras, JCPenney, Hot Wheels, Pepsi, the NFL, and many more. Currently, Sam works with major motion picture studios to create impactful VR experiences for their upcoming films. Most recently, he produced and directed VR