Penguins
By M. M.
Description
- Animalia (Wikkipedia)
- fur is short (New England Aquarium)
- layer of fine, woolly down and they are warm (New England Aquarium)
- height-18 to 24 inches, weight-8 to 10 pounds, and length-100 to 110 cm (New England Auarium)
- 3 kinds of penguin calls: contact calls, display calls, and threat calls (Animals)
- could see very well under the water but not on the land (Wakkipedia)
- sleep more deeply in the afternoon than in the morning (Wakkipedia)
Food Chain and Habitat
- Eat krill, squids, fishes (Animals)
- Leopard seals, sharks, orca eats penguin (Animals)
- Skus, sea birds also like to steal the penguins` egg (Animals)
- Carnivore that eats only sea-food (Animals)
- Predator (Animals)
- Finds food in icy sea of Antarctica (Wikkipedia)
- Most spend about 3/4 of their time in the water (Penguin Habitat)
- Reside within the southern hemisphere on the ice (Wikkipedia)
Adaptation
- Penguins' eye site: see clearly both in air and under the water and its have color vision (Animals)
- Penguins do not migrate or hibernate (Animals)
Reasons for Endangerement
- People hunting them for oil (Penguins Endangered)
- People destroying their natural enviroment (Penguins Endangered)
- Other animals eating penguins to survive (Penguins Endangered)
- Other animals stealing their eggs (Animals)
- Global warming (Penguins Endangered)