Penguins

CONTENT:-
 Introduction
 Habitat
 Body
 Food
 Types
 Fun Facts

INTRODUCTION:-
 Penguins are a group of aquatic,
flightless birds living almost exclusively in
the Southern Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica.
 Penguins spend their entire lives on Antarctic ice and
in its waters. They survive by breeding, raising
young, eating and by relying on a number of clever
adaptations.

HABITAT:-
 All 17 species of penguins live in the Southern
Hemisphere.
 Penguins are found on every continent in the
Southern Hemisphere.
 They are abundant on many temperate and
subantarctic islands.
 Penguins generally live on islands and remote
continental regions free from land predators, where
their inability to fly is not detrimental to their
survival.

 These highly specialized marine birds are adapted to
living at sea.
 Some species spend months at a time at sea.
 Penguins are usually found near nutrient rich
,coldwater currents that provide an abundant supply
of food.

BODY PARTS:-
 Penguins have counter shaded dark and
white plumage, and their wings have evolved
into flippers.

FOOD:-
 Three foods of penguins are krill, fish, and squid.
 Some of the smaller penguins eat only krill.
 Krill is a tiny shrimp like animal. Some of the larger
penguins eat fish and squid, also.

Predators :-
 The best known predators are the leopard seals, but
there are also fur seals, and whales and sharks.
 To distract their predators and make the hunt more
difficult, penguins usually enter in group in the
water.

FUN FACTS :-
 Penguins can walk faster than humans.
 They communicate with each other through body
language.
 They pick up stones and store them in their crop. This
helps them to float when they are in the water.
 Penguins can hold their breath for about 20 minutes.
 They swallow their food as a whole.
 The Galapagos Islands is the farthest place north that
penguins live.
 Penguins enjoy sliding on their bellies down icebergs.

TYPES :-
 There are 17 different types of penguins.
 The largest penguin is the Emperor.
 The smallest penguin is the Adelie.

REFERENCES
 http://www.penguinworld.com/
 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/
penguin.html
 http://www.penguin.com/
 http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/emper
or-penguin/#emperor-penguin-group-baby.jpg
 http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts.ht
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 Internet

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