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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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Why do penguins only lay one egg?
It is tricky for penguins to keep their eggs warm in the cold climate of Antarctica, and they have to hold the egg on top of their feet rather than allowing it to touch the ice. This can only be managed with one egg at a time.
How does an emperor penguin breathe on land?
Penguins are birds, they are not fish, even though they do swim very well. They have lungs and the breathe the same way that any other bird breathes.
Probably very little, as passing gas is a symptom of a food being poorly digested, and penguins are not force-fed like CAFO cows, for instance. They eat what they are suited to eat.
What type of pengiuns are there?
There are 17 types (species) of penguins. They are:
Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)
African penguins (Spheniscus demersus)
Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica)
Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri)
Erect-crested penguins (Eudyptes sclateri)
Fiordland penguins (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
Galapagos penguins (Spheniscus mendiculus)
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua)
Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti)
King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus )
Little (Blue) penguins (Eudyptula minor)
Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Royal penguins (Eudyptes schlegeli)
Snares penguins (Eudyptes robustus)
Yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes)
How long have king penguins been around?
King Penguins breed on subantarctic islands between 45 and 55°S, at the northern reaches of Antarctica, as well as Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and other temperate islands of the region. The total population is estimated to be 2.23 million pairs and is increasing.[
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The largest breeding populations are on Crozet Island, with around 455,000 pairs, 228,000 pairs on the Prince Edward Islands, 240,000–280,000 on the Kerguelen Islands and over 100,000 on the South Georgia Islands. Macquarie Island has around 70,000 pairs. The non-breeding range is poorly known though presumably the subantarctic waters of the southern Indian, South Atlantic and Asian part of the Southern Ocean. Vagrantbirds have been recorded from the Antarctic peninsula as well as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.The Nature Protection Society released King Penguins in Gjesvær in Finnmark, and Røst in Lofoten in northern Norway in August 1936. Birds were reported in the area several times in the 1940s though none have been seen since 1949.[
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Can a penguin stab a bear with its beak?
NO! That is impossible! The bear would just eat the penguin.
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Do emperor penguins live anywhere else but the Antarctic?
Yes they do they live in africa and afganistans coastlines and can also be found in Australia
How is glacial melting affecting penguins in the Arctic Circle?
Not at all. There are no penguins in the Arctic.
Do walruses and penguins live in the same place?
No. Penguins live in the southern hemisphere, while walruses live in the northern hemisphere.
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 ;)
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.
