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Penguins

Penguins live primarily in Antarctica, but can also be found in cold coastal areas of South America, New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa. There are seventeen species of Penguins, and seven are found only in Antarctica.

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What is the difference between emperor penguins and penguins?

The similarities between the Emperor Penguin and the Tufted Puffin are black overcoats and white bellies. They normally stay and nest in huge numbers.

What is a young of penguin?

Penguins are flightless birds, and their diet consists of fish, shrimp and krill. There are 18 species of living penguins, and 5 types of penguins that are extinct. They are good swimmers and spend most of their lives at sea.

Penguins are flightless birds who swim and dive a lot. Habitat - Where do penguins live?

Penguins live south of the equator in cold waters. They swim in the water and waddle on the land as fast as a human can walk, but they do not fly! They use their wings to push themselves through the water. They stay in the water, except to raise their babies.

Body Covering

A penguin is a bird and is covered with feathers. Their feathers are short and thick. They form a waterproof coat. The feathers are black or bluish-gray, and the belly feathers are white. They have soft, short feathers called "down feathers" to keep them warm. Like polar bears and seals, they also have the layer of fat called blubber.

Food

Penguins usually eat many different kinds of fish.

Penguins are flightless birds who swim and dive a lot. Habitat - Where do penguins live?

Penguins live south of the equator in cold waters. They swim in the water and waddle on the land as fast as a human can walk, but they do not fly! They use their wings to push themselves through the water. They stay in the water, except to raise their babies.

Body Covering

A penguin is a bird and is covered with feathers. Their feathers are short and thick. They form a waterproof coat. The feathers are black or bluish-gray, and the belly feathers are white. They have soft, short feathers called "down feathers" to keep them warm. Like polar bears and seals, they also have the layer of fat called blubber.

Food

Penguins usually eat many different kinds of fish.

Is the king penguin on the endangered list?

The Royal Penguin is listed as "vulnerable" with a population trend posted as "stable", according to the International Union of Conservation for Nature, or the IUCN Red List. They are not listed on the US Fish and Wildlife Services, or the US FWS, Endangered Species List. They were submitted for approval in 2007 along with 12 other species of penguins for listing, but the Royal Penguin wasn't listed. There is hope that the species population will continue to improve with the current conservation efforts in place and further plans for the future. For more details, please see the sites listed below.

What bird can fly and swim under water the longest?

The penguin can swim the longest underwater. The penguin can swim the longest underwater.

How do yellow eyed penguins swim?

They move in the water like birds move in the air, a sort of flying through the water.

Why do killers whales are the enemy of a penguin?

Maybe because penguins live on ice and whales are killers/ they live in water( and penguins hate water) that other animals live, thats why penguins hate walruses!

A real answerSmall cute penguins are a food source for killer whales just like otters, walruses etc.

How fast do carp swim?

Carp swim an average of between 20 to 30 feet deep but have been known to swim as deep as 50 feet. They basically will go as deep as needed to get to their food.

What biomes does a penguin live in?

the tundra because they live in cold area's and it has water so you could say that they live in aquatic and the tundra but the tundra has water also so more tundra than aquatic.

Is a penguin a mammal dinosaur or bird?

A penguin is a bird. Many scientists say that makes it a dinosaur as well as birds can be classified as the only surviving branch of the dinosaurs.

A type of auk of penguins?

Nowadays, we can still count with 16 different penguin species living on our earth, and they are: Emperor, Adelie, Chinstrap, African, Humboldt, Gentoo, Erect-crested, Fiordland, Galapagos, Little, Macaroni, King, Rockhopper, Yellow-eyed, Snares and Magellanic.

What special features do penguins have?

They have webbed feet but claws so they don't slide on the ice!

What is the predator of the Rockhopper penguin?

The fox will raid dens and eat young.

In southern Australia, where the Little Penguin colonies are, dogs (both domestic and wild) and feral cats are a major threat to the nesting penguins. Dogs have been known to get into the protective enclosures and kill off large numbers of these penguins indiscriminately.

Out at sea, predatory skuas have been known to attack penguins, while sea eagles also prey on them. Leopard seals, sea lions, walruses and orcas are also enemies of penguins.

Why are penguins at risk?

penguins are at risk because they live around ice which could melt and cause a flooding baring in mind penguins can only hold there breaths for 20 minutes. Also the seals try and eat them in the water because of the krill in there tummies.

Why do emperor penguins sing?

Yes, emperor penguins do migrate. If fact, they migrate on ice for over 1 mile, all in a line, either waddling or sliding on their bellies.

How long does it take for the tape worms to die?

it takes a few days for the worms to die out completely with Mebendazole and strait away with Piperazine but that contains laxitives so will give you squits so i dont reccommend that one #;d

good luck

Where would you see a polar bear and a penguin together?

In all seriousness though, a polar bear would probably find the penguin as a nice tasty snack. If the penguin's on land, of course!

The bird can run but cannot fly?

the answers is Ostrich. Ostrich cannot fly but they are the fastest bird to run.

Are penguins better than owls?

yes because

  • owls are noisy
  • penguins don't make any sound
  • owls are evil

in my opinion they are

What two birds cannot fly?

  • Ostrich
  • Emu
  • Kiwi
  • Rhea
  • Fuegian Steamer Duck
  • Falkland Steamer Duck
  • Chubut Steamer Duck
  • Auckland Teal
  • Campbell Teal
  • Titicaca Grebe
  • Titicaca Grebe
  • Flightless Cormorant
  • Penguins
  • Weka
  • New Caledonian Rail
  • Lord Howe Woodhen
  • Calayan Rail
  • New Britain Rail
  • Okinawa Rail
  • Guam Rail
  • Snoring Rail
  • Inaccessible Island Rail
  • Red-eyed Crake
  • Invisible Rail
  • New Guinea Flightless Rail
  • Takahe
  • Samoan Wood Rail
  • Makira Wood Rail
  • Gough Island Moorhen
  • Tasmanian Nativehen
  • Kakapo
  • Dodo (exctint)

What sound does a emperor penguin make?

Sounds that an emperor penguin can be closely related to its relatives, the king penguin.