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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
Why does a penguin have waxy feet?
It is to ensure more friction between the ice and the feet, or else a better grip, so that thw penguin will not slip and fall.
What type of water do emperor penguins live in?
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What is the function of a penguin's feet?
To walk, to propel in swimming, and to help keep warm and incubate their eggs.
How do penguins know who they belong to?
Penguins know who they belong to because of there fins and by the color of there stomachs.
Why penguins spend more time walking on ice than sliding on its stomach?
Cause it will tear up their stomaches!
How do penguins socialize among other species or among themselves?
through hanging out with eathother and playing
Why do penguins have thick coats?
Because they have to survive freezing temperatures! so they need a thick coat and lots of fat to live. Penguins also huddle close together to get warmth and shield each other from the wind. They take turns being on the outside in the cold!
Who has the baby penguin the male or female?
the male penguin has the baby, while the female goes fishing
What adaptations allow a penguin to survive in its environment?
Penguins are adapted to survive the colder climates in which they live 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 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.
- Penguins have webbed feet - this gives them speed for swimming.
- Penguins have solid bones that enable them to stay underwater for swimming and hunting. Flying birds have light, hollow bones, which could never withstand the stresses of this swimming.
- Penguins either waddle on their feet or slide on their bellies across the snow, a movement called "tobogganing", which conserves energy while moving quickly. They also jump with both feet together if they want to move more quickly or cross steep or rocky terrain.
How are penguins classified in the classification of living things?
Penguin's class is Aves, which includes all birds. Their order is Sphenisciformes, and their family is Sheniscidae.
What sound does he Galapagos penguin sound like?
Galapagos penguins have an very screech in their voice that most closely sound like peueueueee
What zoo does a King penguin live in?
There are some in the Ty Cross Zoo penguin enclosure, but they are very shy so you dont see them often, but there is and opening to see thenm there, it £2 a ticket for children and £3 for adults so if you go on the 3 rd of may, they will be there
Why do the male emperor penguins carry the egg?
Because there isn't anyone else around to do it. The female is somewhere else far away, searching for food.
What does Aptenodytes forsteri mean?
It is the latin name for Emperor Penguin. Aptenodytes being the genus name, and Forsteri being the species name.
Where do Penguines mostly live?
Some live in Antarctica but many live on the coasts of Australia, South America and Africa as well as on the Galapagos Islands.
Do adelie penguins have feathers?
Yes, like any other penguins they have feathers to keep them warm when they are looking for fishes in the freezing water.
Do the emperor penguins shed their fur?
Okay well the last answer was completely rubbish.
Emperor penguins DO shed their fur, they shed their baby fur, the grey fur they have when they are young penguins. As they grow older they shed that fur.
