Penguins

Penguins are "friendly" in the sense that they have no natural predators on land, and so no fear of humans. They will even walk up to you, but they will usually stop about ten feet away from you.

Tourists down there are encouraged to not disturb them or try to approach them.

All species of penguins are birds and, like all birds, they are vertebrates because they have a spine and spinal cord, and an internal skeleton. They belong to the Phylum Chordata.

Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are all vertebrates.

Penguin Mothers lay one egg each on their feet, and then the parents transfer it to a sac at the bottom of the Father's abdomen, between his legs, with the pouch sitting on the top of his feet. The eggs are laid in a Rookery - large colony with hundreds of birds. Then the Mother penguins make a 90+ mile trip back to the sea for food. While they are gone, the fathers eat nothing. They just sit on the eggs. This time is very dangerous for the Mothers, because all the penguin eating animals in the World show up for these yearly feasts. The egg usually hatches about the time that Mom gets back with food for Dad. If Mom doesn't make it back, Dad becomes a single parent, and raises the chick himself. Disney and Animal Planet are Wonderful networks. Also recommended is a film called "March of the Penguins", narrated by Morgan Freeman.

Penguins do not actually have blubber - blubber is vascularized fat which is characteristic of cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians. Penguins do have a thick layer of fat which does help to keep them warm, but their main source of warmth is their feathers and down. From http://www.penguinscience.com/education/ask_a_researcher.php : 1. How do penguins feathers work to keep them warm? Adélie Penguins have about 100 feathers per square inch, which is a density that is far higher than in other birds. Their feathers are short, cup-shaped and overlap closely to make a waterproof covering for the body. The base of the feather has downy tufts that trap the warm air near the penguin's skin. Adélie Penguins also have a layer of down growing beneath the contour feathers, as well as a thick layer of fat under their skin that further helps to insolate their bodies from the cold. and 8. Do they like the cold air?Penguins have many adaptations to keep them warm. When the temperature gets a few degrees above freezing they must work to lose heat by panting and fluffing their feathers. *****Please help our schools by pointing this out to our teachers! My niece came home with a study guide for an upcoming test that stated "Penguins have blubber". Although this is a simple mistake and easy to confuse, it's always better to teach and have our children grow up learning the truth!*****

penguins live in temperatures that drop to 112 degrees below zero

Predators

The chinstrap penguins tend to live in a region, that does not support many large animals. However, there are a few predators of the white land that tend to hunt down these small birds for food. These animals include the leopard seals, killer whales and sometimes, a shark passing by won't mind taking a bite of these small penguins.-Love Brianna Larosa

Leopard seals and sharks.

Rockhoppers are very small animals. They cannot protect themselves against predators very well because of this, so they are easy prey.

13 Little Blue Envelopes is a wonder book written my Maureen Johnson. It tells the story of a young girl, 17, Virginia Blackstone as she follows 13 Little Blue Envelopes around Europe. Each specific envelope has an important message and journey, that she is then sent on. While traveling around Europe, she slowly discovers who she really is and who her Aunt Peg really was.

There are 2 main groups into which the living world can be classified into: the plant kingdom and the animal kingdom. Humans belong to the animal kingdom, genes: Homo, species: sapiens, and are binomially named Homo sapiens. Penguins belong to the animal kingdom, binomially named Pygoscelis papua, but can be called birds as they have wings and lay eggs.

penguin has a smooth & slippery face

Penguins have long beaks so they can catch fish easily in water. Fish is their main source of food.

The penguins' habitat are mostly near bodies of water. They spend three quarters of their time there, and depend on the water for their food supply.

Different species of penguin will travel to different places e.g

Emperor, Adelie, Gentoo and Rockhopper ( Antarctic Penguins) will travel to the middle of the ice every year to mate as in Summer, the ice on the outskirts of Antarctica melts so they need solid land.

Penguins may also travel to higher ground so that they can watch out for predators and they are safe higher up as they can also spot any oncoming danger.

9 times out of 10 Penguins ALWAYS return to the same place to mate every year and they always mate with the same partner

HOPE this helps

The pink penguin's Snowflake! (the baby)

It is not exactly that they like to swim, they swim to get food and get away from their predators. It is one of their adaptations.

The polar mob

birds that eat penguins

If you are talking about the Antarctic skua, then I think it's the sea lion. If not then I don't know.

They are in the life cycle,the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle. Taylor,11, from Austin, Texas They are in the life cycle,the carbon cycle and the nitrogen cycle.

Emperor Penguins don't shelter themselves, because they keep warmth in harsh winters by including their Young's in huddles so the Young's don't freeze.

almost 200 little blue penguins come ashore every year in the otago region, new zealand

hope this helps!

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Yes you can. But most people tend not to.

Here's an Icelandic recipe for Puffin in milk sauce:

http://icecook.blogspot.com/2006/07/puffin-in-milk-sauce-mjlkursoinn-lundi.html