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1. Penguins will wave their flippers and shake their heads to "talk" to other penguins

2. Penguins used to be able to fly but over time their wings morphed into flippers.

3. Since penguins spend lots of time in the ocean they are constantly swallowing sea water. So they have a filter behind their beak that takes the salt out of the salt water

4. penguins can only be found in the Southern Hemisphere.

5. there are 17 species of penguins.

6. The biggest penguin is the Royal penguin which weighs between 60-90 pounds and 44-66 inches

7. the smallest penguin is the little blue penguin which weighs between 2-3 pounds and is about 12 inches tall their babies are the size of a premature baby.

8. penguins mate for life.

9. Penguins can swim up to 15 mph.

10. Penguins put their baby penguins in "Nurseries" with other baby penguins while a mom and dad penguin rotate watching them wile the others hunt for food.

11. Baby penguins are called fledglings.

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