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Why do penguins have wings if they spend most of their time in the ocean?
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∙ 13y ago
Some penguins stay in the water for as long as 5 months, swimming thousands of miles. They can even sleep in the water. They come ashore to breed, moult and grow new feathers.
Penguins at seaPenguins have many adaptations for a life at sea, including:
- Modified wings called flippers to 'fly' through the water
- A gland to spread an oil like sustance over their feathers when preening to help keep them waterproof
- A streamlined shape
- Waterproof feathers (outer layer)
- A layer of down next to their skin to trap air and keep them warm
- A salt gland above their eyes to filter salt from seawater, providing penguins with freshwater.
- REASON:-
- Penguins don't get bothered by the cold as we would think they do because of the layers of fat on their bodies. However, some penguin species that do not live in the colder regions, get too hot and that is a concern for them. Due to global warming it has become even more of a concern out there. They often extend their flippers to help stay cool. They also spend more time in the water when the heat is too hot for them on land.
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What eats penguins?
Penguins may be eaten by elephant seals, sharks, and killer whales (orca).Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the ocean.
Penguins go in water?
they spend most of their time in water
What most helps emperor penguins survive in an ocean environment?
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Where does Poseidon spend most of his time?
In the Ocean
Are penguins wings evolved for flying?
Most still do, they're just very tiny.
Home of emperor penguins?
they spend most of their life at sea, coming ashore to rest and breed.
Do penguins really fly?
No, technically penguins cannot fly. Penguins are birds, so they do have wings. However, the wing structures of penguins are evolved for swimming, rather than flying in the traditional sense.
What do most penguins eat?
Little penguins eat fish, but the parents chew it for them,and then throw up the food in the little penguins mouth.
What features of Penguins make them different from other birds?
Penguins are birds and they cannot fly. The one cool thing about penguins are that they can swim in cold water and they eat fish and not worms like other birds. Every bird has a special quality or something that is "cool" about them. And penguins cannot fly but they swim. Penguins are aqua-dynamic, not aero-dynamic, like most other birds.
Where did RSPCA help the most?
RSPCA helps the most in the Atlantic Ocean, off Antarctica.It mainly helps Polar Bears and Penguins.
How do penguins defend themself?
Penguins defend themselves and their nest sites with their beaks and wings. They bite fiercely and also use their thick, strap-like, wings to beat their opponent. Blue penguins and most of the crested species are regular fighters, often getting into bloody brawls during the breeding season. The more reclusive species, like yellow-eyed penguins, rarely fight among themselves, but are still prepared to bite anybody that comes too close.
How Penguins reproduce?
What they do, in the time of heat, the male penguin tries to impress the female penguin by flapping his wings and sticks his chest out. In some penguins, the female penguin goes to the penguin with the most yellow in his chest. But, how i was saying, in some herds of penguins, the penguins that stick they're chest out might often get into fights with they're competition. After the female is impressively seduced, the female penguin lets the male penguin get behind him, the male puts its wings around her, and then they start mating standing up.
