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Can penguins eggs touch ice

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Penguins' feet are where eggs are hatched, covered by the belly flap of fat that the penguin parents flop over the top of the egg to keep it warm.

Notably, Emperor Penguin males hatch eggs this way, so the females can trek off to open water to feed.

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