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Let’s Learn About Penguins
BY: AMBER WILBURN
Penguins are Birds
• They cannot fly.
•They have black and white
feathers.
•Their bodies are like torpedoes.
• They can swim around 15 miles
an hour.
•They spend as much as 75% of
their lives underwater.
There are many
types of penguins.
Here are a few.
Macaroni
Penguin
Chinstrap
Penguin
Adelie
Penguin
Emperor
Penguin
All of the species live in the Southern hemisphere. Many live at the South
Pole on Antarctica. But some don't live in such cold places. They are found
on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the
Galapagos Islands.
The Emperor penguin is the only species that breeds and nests in
Antarctica through the frigid winter.
•
A penguins normal body temperature is
around 100 degrees.
•
So how do they stay warm?
•
They stay warm because they have a
layer of fat under their skin called
“blubber”.
•
On top of the blubber they have
special feathers called “Down” to keep
them warm.
•
On top of the Down is an outer layer of
feathers to seal in the warmth.
•
Finally the penguins rub oil from a gland
onto the feathers to make them
waterproof and windproof.
•
Even with all this protection penguins
still need help staying warm. They will
often huddle together to help each
other stay warm.
What do penguins eat?
• A penguins main diet consists of fish.
•They also eat squid and crustaceans.
•Another food penguins eat is krill.
Krill are small shrimp-like animals.
•They also drink salt water.
•They have a special gland in their bodies
to help take the salt out of the water.
Krill
So what’s your name?
Pengy,
What’s
yours?
• During mating season penguins have a
special nesting place on shore.
• This special area where penguins mate,
nest, and raise their chicks is called a
“ROOKERY”
• When penguins mate they usually stay
together for many years as long as they
have chicks.
• They sing to each other so they can learn to
recognize each others voices.
ROOKERY
Penguin
Chicks
Newborn
penguin
Penguin
Daycare
As soon as an egg is laid the mother penguin must
rush out to dinner leaving father penguin to care for
the egg. When mother penguin returns the father
heads for dinner. When the chick hatches it
automatically begins calling so it’s parents can
recognize it’s voice.
As soon as the chick is strong enough both parents
will leave for the ocean. When both parents return
with food they recognize their own chicks voice
out of many chicks in the rookery.
Fuzzy Penguin
What took
you guys
so long?!!!
Mother and Father
Penguin reuniting
with chick
Penguin Predators
• Leopard Seals
, Sea Lions, and
Orcas are marine mammals that
prey upon Penguins.
• Penguins are also eaten by a
number of birds such as the
Australian Sea Eagle and the Skua.
Leopard Seal
•Land predators also prey upon
Penguins. Snakes, lizards, foxes
and rats seek penguins for food.
Toboggan tracks made by penguins
Hey watch me!!! I can dive!!
Diving Penguins
Most of
all
Penguins
love
to
play!!!
Penguins playing
in water.