How do penguins survive in such cold temperatures in Antarctica?

Answer 1

Not all species of penguins live in waters around Antarctica, but those that breed there have a number of adaptations to enable them to survive the icy winds and freezing temperatures.

Penguins have a thick layer of fat underneath the skin which helps to store energy. This thick layer of fat also insulates them. In addition, 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 not only better streamlining for penguins when they are in the water, but protection from the wind when they are on land.

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 are sea birds and make their homes in the seas.

They visit Antarctica's beaches to breed, because there are no land predators there. When a penguin wants to warm up, the animal simply returns to the warmer sea water. Sea water is liquid and always warmer than the ambient air on the continent.

Answer 2

Adelie Penguins can survive the cold because they have a thick layer of fur that blocks out the cold and keeps them warm in winter. They also have a thick layer of skin called blubber , blubber is another word for fat . They also stay in the ocean most of their time because it is warmer than on the ice.

Answer 3

No animal lives on Antarctica. It's too cold there and there is no food chain.

Adelie penguins -- sea birds -- visit Antarctica's beaches to breed. Because the liquid sea water is always warmer than the ambient Antarctic air, when penguins are too cold, they return to the sea to warm up.

Answer 4

Penguins breed on Antarctica's beaches during the summer months. When the weather becomes too harsh, an animal simply returns to the liquid sea, which is always warmer than the ambient air on land. Note that penguins are sea birds and live at sea, not on land.

Answer 5

Penguins are sea birds and make their homes in the sea. The visit Antarctica's beaches to breed.

During the breeding season, when a penguin wants to 'warm up', the animal simply dives into the liquid sea, which is always warmer than the ambient air on Antarctica.

Penguins survive in extreme cold because of a layer of blubber just under their skin, which keeps the heat to their organs warm enough for them to survive.

Answer 6

Because Emperor penguins have a layer of blubber (fat) and they also stay very close together in snow storms.

They survive with all the thick layers of feathers and fat.

Answer 7

penguins are able to survive an ice cap because of the way there body is it

Answer 8

Penguins survive by eating staying warm and reproducing. They eat a lot of fish. Their layer of fur act like our coat!