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Who are the penguins prey?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Penguins eat krill (a shrimplike crustacean in the family Euphausiidae), squids, and fishes. Various species of penguins have slightly different food preferences, which reduces competition among species. The smaller penguin species of the Antarctic and the subantarctic primarily feed on krill and squids. Species found farther north tend to eat fishes (del Hoyo, et al., 1992). Adélies feed primarily on small krill, while chinstraps forage for large krill (del Hoyo, et al., 1992). Emperors and kings primarily eat fishes and squids (Kooyman, 1971).

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