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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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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.
Penguins are birds and feathers cover their bodies, not fur. Some in ornithology believe that the 'chemical composition of feathers is about 91% protein, 1.3% fat and 7.9% water'.
What is a penguins pouch called?
penguins do not have a pouch, they put the egg between their legs and cover it with their body fat
What feature of a penguin helps it survive in its environment?
the feature that help a penguin is the pink gland over their eye that when it gets too hot the glands become more pink that help the penguin cool of by the blood moving throughout the body
they can survive only if they are demented
By the penguin dementor
ps i dement them lol
