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The most obvious difference is flight. Penguins can't fly and puffins can. Puffins have longer feathers and don't live in the cold places that most penguins do. Most penguins are larger than puffins. Puffins have short, stubby, colorful, conical bills while penguins have longer, pointier bills. Puffins have pointy feathers behind their eyes and penguins don't. Try to look up images of penguins and puffins and compare the difference.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 10y agoWhile it is true that both penguins and platypuses are warm-blooded vertebrates which lay eggs in order to reproduce, and hunt for their food in the water, there are some very fundamental differences between the two.
The main difference between penguins and platypuses is that penguins are birds and platypuses are mammals.
- Penguins have feathers, while platypuses have fur.
- Penguins have beaks, while platypuses have snouts equipped with electroreceptors to help them find food: the penguin's beak has no such capabilities.
- Platypuses dig burrows deep into the soil if riverbanks for shelter and to lay their eggs; the only penguin that digs burrows is the Little Penguin, also known as the Fairy Penguin.
- Platypuse do not eat fish, but feed on tiny crustaceans and invertebrates; penguins eat fish, squid, krill and other marine creatures.
- Platyouses are freshwater animals but penguins are marine creatures.
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∙ 10y agoPenguins ARE birds, your question is meaningless.
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How are dolphins and penguins different?
Dolphins are mammals, while penguins are birds.
How are penguins whales and salmon different?
Penguins are birds, whales are mammals, and salmon are fish.
How are penguins bones different from other birds?
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What penguins are in the genus of Aves?
All penguins are in the class Aves. Penguins are birds. Each different group of penguins has its own genus. There is no genus called aves.
Do penguins lay eggs with hard shells?
Yes. Penguins are birds, and birds reproduce by laying eggs with hard shells. This is different from the eggs of reptiles and monotremes, which have leathery shells.
Are penguins birds or fish?
Penguins are birds. They have feathers and lay eggs.
What birds eat penguins in the Arctic?
No birds eat penguins in the Arctic. Penguins do not live in the Arctic. Penguins are found in the Southern Hemisphere.
Are penguins warm or cold blooded?
Penguins are birds and all birds are warm blooded and they can regulate their body temperature.Penguins are warm blooded hope this is a helpno. penguins are birds and all birds are warmblooded.
Do penguins have fingers?
No. Penguins are birds, and birds do not have fingers. Penguins have wings, which they use like flippers, and they have webbed feet.
Drawings of flightless birds?
There are many different drawings of flightless birds. Some of these drawings reflect birds who naturally cannot fly such as penguins for example.
Are penguins reptiles?
Penguins are birds, not reptiles.
Are little penguins reptiles?
Penguins are birds
