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Because it helps them move through the water faster.
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Penguins spend much of their time in the sea, which is their source of food. Flippers are needed to enable them to swim, in order to catch their food. Penguins' wing bones are fused straight, rather than angled like a flying bird's, and this has the effect of making the wing rigid and powerful, like a flipper. The small wings and a streamlined body shape are ideal for diving in water, and also give the penguin extra speed when swimming.
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∙ 15y agoPenguins spend much of their time in the sea, which is their source of food. Flippers are needed to enable them to swim, in order to catch their food. Penguins' wing bones are fused straight, rather than angled like a flying bird's, and this has the effect of making the wing rigid and powerful, like a flipper. The small wings and a streamlined body shape are ideal for diving in water, and also give the penguin extra speed when swimming.
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∙ 12y agoThey are used as paddles. Penguins use their wings to paddle underwater.
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∙ 12y agoThey use their wings to push them through the water when swimming.
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∙ 13y agoflamingos flap their wings so that they can be steady in the air because they are so light.
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∙ 11y agoYes, they flap their wings to swim under water.
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∙ 12y agoThey don't. Penguins can't fly.
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∙ 12y agobecause you touch yourself at night
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What are the penguins hands called?
It is a flipper, which is a modified wing that penguins use to swim underwater.
The bird that can't fly but can swim with flipper shaped wings?
Penguins.
Do emperor penguins have wings?
You can call them wings, but they're more similar to a flipper. They certainly don't have wings in the same sense that flying birds do. Here's a diagram, which labels them as "flipper-like wings" http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/label/empenguin/answers.GIF
What is a penguins faviourte footwear?
Flipper-Floppers
What is the function of the Penguins flipper?
To hold its testicals
What features do penguins share with other birds?
Penguins have feathers, wings and a beak. Penguins lay eggs and feed their babies.
What are the similarities of a bird's wing and a seal's flipper?
Scientist think that both bird's wings and a seal's flipper have the same ancestors.
How do seals walk?
seals walk on there flipper's and they waddle on them like penguins waddle. but they are not penguins
Who will win the Stanley cup penguins or red wings?
Penguins won
Which is better the Pittsburgh Penguins or the Detroit Red Wings?
Pittsburgh Penguins
What parts are useful for penguins?
not their wings
Do penguins have two wings?
yes
