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Birds Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are included in one group of animals aquatic birds that can not fly, but it is a very accomplished swimmer, because it can rapidly flapping his arms. This bird is a type of bird that lives only in the southern hemisphere, it's because of the cold temperatures there.

Species and habitats.

Size.

The largest penguin species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) with up to 1.1 meters high and weighing 35 pounds or more.
The smallest penguin species is the Fairy Penguin (Eudyptula Minor) with a height of about 40 cm and a weight of one kilogram. In general, large penguin more able to maintain their body temperature so that it can survive in colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in warmer regions and even the tropics.

Food.

Generally penguins eat krill (a type of shellfish), fish, squid and other aquatic animals are caught while swimming in the ocean. Penguins can drink sea water because the body supraorbital gland filters excess salt from the sea of blood flow. Salt is then issued in the form of liquid through the respiratory tract penguins.

Penguin behavior.

Penguin looks not afraid of human presence. They will be closer to the group of researchers who are studying them.
However, one major form of contention between the penguin would happen if a mother penguin loses her son (because they can not survive in a big storm or eaten by predators). If a child is lost, the penguin mother will "steal" a child of a mother penguin penguins others. This behavior attracted the attention of scientists. Interestingly, another female penguin penguin-group of the penguins do not like "theft" and will help and "defend" his mother penguins were stolen.

Body Style

The body is very appropriate penguins to swim and live in the water. Rower and the wings are not able to fly. On land penguins using tail and wings to maintain balance when walking.
Each penguin has a white color on the inside of his body and a dark color (usually black) on the outside of the body. It is useful for camouflage. Predators such as sea lions from the water will be difficult to see the penguins belly is white because it mixes with sea water surface reflection. While the dark surface of a penguin on his back also disguise of sight of predators on the water.

The ability to swim and dive.

Penguins were able to swim at speeds of 6 to 12 km / h even on record to 27km/jam. Small penguins normally dive for one to two minutes from the water surface to catch food. Larger-sized penguins, emperor penguins can dive is deeper, to 565 meters for 20 minutes.

Running and sliding.

To save energy, sometimes a penguin walking with short legs or sliding in the snow with his stomach.

Sensing capabilities.

Penguins have very good hearing. If on land, penguins relies heavily on his hearing. Eye penguins adapt to vision under water in search of food and avoid predators. The ability of olfactory penguin is still not widely known and requires further research.

Sex.

To see the penguin sex is very difficult, because penguins have no external genitalia. Consequently to distinguish the sex of penguins, humans must wear a chromosome examination techniques / DNA.

A Penguin loyalty

Around the world there are 17 to 19 penguin species, depending on whether the two species as well as species Eudyptula calculated. Although all types of penguins originally came from the southern hemisphere, but penguins are not found only in cold regions or in the Antarctic. There are three species of penguins that live in the tropics. One of the species living in the Galapagos Islands (Galapagos Penguin) and usually cross the equator in search of food.
The largest penguin species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) with up to 1.1 meters high and weighing 35 pounds or more. The smallest penguin species is the Fairy Penguin (Eudyptula Minor) with a height of about 40 cm and a weight of one kilogram. In general, large penguin more able to maintain their body temperature so that it can survive in colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in warmer regions and even the tropics.
Why penguins? Because this animal is an animal that is most faithful to their partner.
Once paired, it will be monogamous. The same pair will generally return to the same colony and often return to the same nest each year. As many as 80-90 percent of them will stay together throughout the breeding seasons in a row, but the rest can last up to 10 years together. In fact, their life expectancy is only 13-15 years old.
Penguins have a "marriage" strange. The penguin couples spend their time with other separate and only met once at the end of March, after running along about 70 miles or 112 km on land, whether they are running or rolling away. After that, the penguins look their mate by way of whistling.
Male penguins stay in one place, lower than the head and chest to call the female. Once they meet each other, they would stand at chest level, then each whistling and singing. Well, after that it's time for the mating period. When he was laying, the female penguins stream it carefully to her partner (if the egg touches the ice and freezes it will then die), for it to be always kept eggs warm.
Female penguin then go to sea to feed, leaving the male penguins without food for two months. The male penguins gather together in one big collection in order to preserve the body for warmth in the cold and harsh environments, such as high winds reaching 120 mph (200 km per hour). When the female returned, she found her partner and their children grew up listening to the new penguin whistles from hundreds of other penguins.
Penguins star is a monogamous, where they only have one pair mating only. If they can not find their spouse in the upcoming season (and most can not find where approximately 15% of couples who can only meet each other in the next year, and only 5% in the third year to meet each other) they will find a new partner.
These penguins split almost many months, but incredibly, the male penguins never forget with her partner. So , thank you for reading this article .
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DatePublished: February 13, 2014 at 21:34