To keep it off the ice/snow and to keep it warmer.
penguins keep their eggs on their feet to keep the egg warm.if its not on their feet it might die.
under there mom or dad's legs just like when they were an 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.
1. The largest type of penguins are Emporer penguins. They get up to about 4 feet. 2. There are only 2 types of penguins that are considered Antarctic penguins. (Adaleys and Emporers) 3. Penguins are birds 4. Female Emporer penguins lay there eggs and balance the egg on their feet. The extra fat from their bellies cover up the egg to keep it warm. 5. There are at least 17 different types of penguins... Some people say 18 because there is one sort of sub-species.
Penguins hatch on their mother's feet. Shortly before the eggs are supposed to hatch, the mother penguin returns and takes over the egg tending. The father heads back to the sea and replenishes his blubber & returns right after the eggs hatch with food for the baby.
The father penguin carry's the egg on its feet so the egg won't get cold.
Penguins, but the egg aren't under their feet, but in a pouch. Watch the movie The March of the Penguins.
first the mom looks for food over a 3 month span in that time the dad sits on the egg till hath the dad never leves the egg and it doesn't eat after hatching the mother comes back and feed the baby........ and the dad
penguins keep their eggs on their feet to keep the egg warm.if its not on their feet it might die.
catch the egg on their feet
They don't get eggs. They lay the egg and the male watches the egg until the baby penguin is hatched.
They do not have nests they brood their egg and chic on their feet.
They keep the egg cratled in the father's feet
Well the mother penguin sits on the egg to keep it warm while the dad penguin goes to get fish from the sea near by. Well the mother penguin sits on the egg to keep it warm while the dad penguin goes to get fish from the sea near by.
under there mom or dad's legs just like when they were an egg
Both the mum and the dad penguin care for the egg and the baby penguin.
Yes Penguins do sleep standing up. Father penguins especially because when the mother has an egg they protect it between their feet and stomach.