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Fact 2 - They have webbed feet and
wings which are modified as flippers
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Fact 3 - Penguins are birds and
they mate for life
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Fact 4 - Although they are birds,
they do not fly but they do swim!
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Fact 5 - Penguins live in many
places including Antarctica, Coast of South America, South
Africa, Galapagos, Southern Australia and New Zealand
- Fact 6 - A penguin can swim about
15MPH
- Fact 7 - There are about 100
million penguins in the world
- Fact 8 - re is some debate
regarding the number of species of penguins. Many experts
believe there are only 17 of them and others believe that there
are 18 species.
- Fact 9 - The largest is the Emperor
Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) which average about 1.1 m (3 ft 7
in) tall and weigh about 35 kg (75 lb)
- Fact 10 - The smallest is the
Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor), which is also known as
the Fairy Penguin, which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and
weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb).
- Fact 11 - Other types of penguin
include the Great penguin, the Brush-tailed penguin, the Little
penguin (including the white-flippered Penguin), the Banded
Penguin and the Crested Penguin
- Fact 12 - All have black backs and
wings with white fronts for camouflage reasons
- Fact 13 - The Penguin has a thick
layer of insulating feathers that keeps them warm in water
- Fact 14 - They can drink salt water
because their lateral nasal gland removes excess salt from the
bloodstream
- Fact 15 - Different types of
penguin include the following:
- Adelie
- African
- Chinstrap
- Emperor
- Erect-crested
- Fiordland
- Galapagos
- Gentoo
- Humboldt
- King
- Little
- Macaroni
- Magellanic
- Rockhopper
- Snares
- Yellow-eyed
- Fact 16 - Under the
Endangered Species
Act the penguin which is currently most at risk is the Galapagos
penguin
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