Penguins WOW!! Did you know that sometimes penguin mate’s can’t get along ‚and when this happens they "divorce" one another and look for new mates. Well it’s true‚ i’m Norma Appollos‚if you want to know more interesting things about penguins like‚appearance‚habitat‚prey/predator‚mating and cool facts‚you’ve got to read my essay. Prepare yourself for some knock out stuff about penguins. Penguins don’t look like other birds but they are. They have sharp beaks just like toucans. Penguins have solid
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Little Penguin (Eudyptula Minor)‚ also known as the Fairy Penguin‚ Little Blue Penguin‚ Blue Penguin or Korora‚ is a type of carnivorous penguin found almost entirely in the southern coastlines of Australia and New Zealand. However‚ colonies of Little Penguins have also been spotted in Chile and South Africa. They are the smallest species of Penguin in the entire world‚ only growing to 13-17 in. tall and 1 kg in weight‚ hence their name. They usually live around 10 years‚ with some Penguins living
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The Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) Taxonomy Kingdom- Animalia Phylum- chordate Class- Aves Order- Sphenisciformes Family- Spheniscidae Genus- Aptenodytes Species- Forsteri Diversity of life/ Description In this whole word‚ there are 17 kinds of penguins. Penguins come from aquatic group. These friendly birds live in the Southern hemisphere‚ mainly in Antarctica. They have adopted their bodies to the cold water and ice. All penguins live in the cold
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colouring is black‚ the penguin is able to absorb all of the wavelengths of light‚ while reflecting none. This aspect consequently means that the Emperor is able to efficiently absorb heat and light from the sun and warm its body up relatively fast. Another favourable aspect of the Emperor Penguins development is that approximately 30% of a penguin’s overall body mass can potentially be a well-defined layer of blubber which consequently improves the thermal insulation of the penguin whilst swimming as
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that studies penguins. She studies the behavior of the penguins and she explained what they do in the wildlife. Her name was Jean Pennycook. She gave us plenty of information to stuff our heads with. She talked about penguins‚ what she does as a scientist‚ and what the wildlife is for the penguins. Here are some of the things that I have learned when we were Skyping with her. The penguins she was talking about was the Adelie penguin. Adelie penguins are half the size of Emperor penguin and they can
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Evolution of penguins For this evolution project‚ I choose to research Penguins. The classification for this animal is as follows: K Neornithes‚ P Palaeognathae‚ C Neognathae‚ O Pelecaniformes‚ F Procellariformes‚ G Graviidae‚ S Spheniscidae. The first fossil penguin that was found‚ is today being held in the British Museum of Natural History. It was reportedly found by an anonymous Maori in New Zealand in 1859 and was named Palaeeudyptes Antarcticus despite the fact that the species
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The Penguin Most people know what a penguin is‚ or they think they do. A Penguin is an awarded bird that lives in the Antarctic and always seems to be dressed for a formal event‚ or maybe he looks like a nutty little professor The Macaroni penguin my personal favorite. Actually‚ there is more to the penguin than we could ever realize. To give you a good understanding of the penguin‚ I will tell you three areas about them‚ The Habitat an Anatomy of the Penguin‚ How some are close to being endangered
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Penguins have evolved in a complex and distinguishably different manner than most birds. This style of evolution raises uncertainty about their future. Unlike most birds‚ which have flexible elbow joints and wings for flight‚ penguins have evolved with virtually inflexible elbow joints and flippers with a hydrofoil shape‚ which allows them to propel underwater. Furthermore‚ penguins have short stalky legs and broad anklebones‚ which allow them to maneuver in water and have an energy efficient waddle
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I’m an penguin and I live in the polar ice biome. We are birds with black and white feathers. Unlike most birds we don’t fly. We spend about 75% of our time underwater‚ searching for food in the ocean. We are one of about 40 species of flightless birds. We are known for their white bellies and dark-colored backs and wings. Our body is designed for swimming‚ and includes tapering at both ends of the body for hydrodynamics‚ paddle-like wings
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to the Galapagos penguins‚ the only species of penguins in the world to live north of the equator. Despite the common belief that penguins only live in the Arctic‚ the Galapagos Islands have temperatures that vary from 70-90º Fahrenheit over the course of the year. The distribution of these birds in their environment correlates with the “Cromwell Current‚ which provides cold nutrient-rich surface water‚” meaning that the penguins follow the cool water patterns (Davis). The penguins feed on small fish
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