New Delhi, April 4 -- The penguins of Heard and McDonald Islands were caught in US President Donald Trump's tariff war and are now supposed to pay a 10 per cent tariff.

These subantarctic islands, technically an external Australian territory, are inhabited by only penguins, which has led to a meme feast on the Internet.

Hilarious memes showing a colony of penguins allegedly protesting the traffic have surfaced on social media. Some even show these aquatic, flightless birds waddling away from the island as they ask, "Is THIS what you voted for?"

A social media user sarcastically said, "I can't believe those penguins were charging us 10% for our exports. It's only fair we charge them 10% for theirs."

"I hope they don't start vandalising...