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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.
4,194 Questions
How is glacial melting affecting penguins in the Arctic Circle?
Not at all. There are no penguins in the Arctic.
Do female penguins have babies?
Well yes and no actually. The female lays the egg and then they take turns sitting over it to keep it warm for about half the time it takes for the chick to hatch. It's actually looks kind of like a dance when they roll the egg to each other, because they need to be so close to each other and they sort of sway, this has to be done so the egg is exposed for the least amount of time possible or else the chick inside may die. The female then leaves the male to sit on the egg while she goes in search of food. She is often gone for weeks, before returning around the time of hatching to relieve the male and feed her chick by regurgitating the fish she has fed on. If she does not return (because she has become dinner for another animal) her chick will die. Penguins are social animals and live and perform the above in very large groups often in the hundreds. Hope this answered your question ;)
Do walruses and penguins live in the same place?
No. Penguins live in the southern hemisphere, while walruses live in the northern hemisphere.
Why don't emperor penguins freeze to death in antarctica?
Emperor Penguins do not freeze to death in the Antarctic as they are well adapted to their surrondings.
A penguin doesn't freeze to death because:
- It has a thick layer of blubber or fat to keep it warm
- It has black skin which is good at absorbing and keeping in heat
- A penguin's Feathers are tightly compact and when a penguin 'preens' itself by putting a special oil made from a gland in its tail on it, it becomes Waterproof.
- When penguins do get cold, they huddle together for warmth.
To you or I it i cold in the Antarctic but to a Penguin, it is normal as it has adapted to the cold weather, just as we have adapted to our surrinding
Why are penguins possessive with their partners just like humans?
They're actually not possessive over partners. Possessive means to control, dominate or force.
Penguins are actually a "mates for life" species. Once they choose their partner, they will stick together as a couple for as long as they both live, it's pure love.
The males are also true gentlemen - they incubate the eggs while the mother waddles off to socialise with her girly friends.
Penguins are also known to have homosexual relationships. Homosexual penguins will sometimes "adopt" an egg-shaped pebble and look after it as if it was a real egg, or they may adopt an egg that has been abandoned or orphaned (as a result of the parents being eaten by predators).
If you do a quick image search for "penguin love" or something similar, you will find dozens of pictures of penguins hugging, kissing (affectionately pecking with their beaks) and "holding" fins.
However, penguins are extremely possessive over one thing - pebbles.
Yes, that's right. Pebbles.
Penguins like to spend hours looking for perfectly rounded pebbles to collect in their beaks and make a nest with. These pebbles need to be smooth and not sharp, so they are comfortable to lay on in the nest. Sometimes penguins are seen aggressively defending their nests from other penguins who they think will try to steal the pebbles.
The claws on the feet of the penguin stop them from slipping on the ice.
They also dig their claws into the ice to help them stand upright when motionless.
Due to the anatomy of penguins, it is impossible for them to lift their feet upwards to a suitable height to be able to claw at predators. Considering the predators of penguins are larger than them, clawing them would be completely useless and have no effect. The main defence for a penguin is to swim very fast away from the threat.
a rookery is a group of any penguin ,because they wantto be warm or cool. a rookery is a group of any penguin ,because they want to be warm or cool. a rookery is a group of any penguin ,because they wantto be warm or cool.
Why is the penguin adapted to live in a cold environment?
Penguins are adapted to survive the freezing Antarctic weather in a variety of ways.
- Penguins have a thick layer of fat underneath the skin which helps to store energy.
- This thick layer of fat also insulates them.
- Penguin feathers are specially designed. They are short and have an under-layer of fine woolly down, and easily shed water - a useful characteristic given that penguins spend up to 75% of their time in the water.
- Penguin feathers are shaped to overlap, enabling better streamlining for penguins when they are in the water, and protection from the cold wind when they are on land.
- Their body shape is also streamlined for rapid swimming and effective diving.
- Penguin wings, which are really flippers, and their feet are prone to losing a lot of heat because they are less well insulated. However, this problem is minimised because the muscles that operate their feet and flippers are not located deeper in the warmer, protected regions of the penguin's body. Long tendons move their feet and flippers, so it doesn't matter when the feet and flippers get too cold as they can still be operated normally.
- Penguins have dark feathers on the broad expanse of their backs. These black feathers absorb the heat of the sun, helping to warm up the birds.
- Penguins have a specially designed circulatory system which can adjust to conserving or releasing heat to maintain a constant temperature.
- Many species of penguins huddle together for warmth, and the eggs are incubated on the penguins' feet, where they get constant warmth.
not all penguins have symmetry but it is most likely that they will.
Where in the US does penguins live?
Not a single penguin live here in the US. You can search online on Google.
How do penguins build their home?
They don't build their homes, they naturally find it as soon as they are born.
penguins have wings so they can propel themselves through the water
Can an emperor penguin live in the Arctic?
No; there's too many predators around and the weather and climate's considerably more mild in the arctic than the antarctic.
