A new book (1)

2BF Book of Penguins

Table of contents There are 17 different types types of penguins. I can tell you
Types of Penguins of some of the types. There is the Rockhopper, Emperor,
What Penguins Look Like Little Blue, Chinstrap, Adelie and Royal. All but the
Where Penguins Live Galápagos penguin live south of the equator.
What penguins Eat
What Penguins Do

There are lots of interesting facts about penguins. I will share some Penguin groups are called a
with you. Did you know penguins have wings, but can't fly. They also colony, rookery, or waddle
don't live in the North Pole. The Emperors can stay under water for 20 when they are on land. In the
minutes. The Emperors are also the largest penguins. The dads can water a group is called a raft.
also survive nine weeks without food. Those are some facts about King penguin colonies have
penguins. 100,000 penguins in them.
Adelie penguin colonies have a
half million in their colony.
Chinstrap only have 100 to
1000 in their colony.

Did you know the Emperor penguin gets up to 47 inches
tall? The little blue penguin is between 10 inches to thirteen
inches. The chinstrap penguin gets up to 28 to 38 inches
tall. The Gentoo penguin gets up to 30 to 35 inches tall.
The King penguin gets up to 37 inches exactly 37 inches tall!

There are 3.7 million penguins on Earth.
Scientists have trouble finding the exact
number of penguins. The chinstrap penguin has
the most penguins in its group there are at
least 8 million chinstraps in a group. The
Yellow Eyed penguin has the least amount of
penguins. They have decreased by 40% in the
last 40 years.

Penguins have waterproof feathers. Waterproof feathers help penguins because they
keep them warm while hunting for krill and fish. Did you also know that every single
feather tip overlaps with the feathers near it? This helps keep it dry.

Did you know there are 17 types of penguins in the world? The 17 types of penguins
have different lifespans. Their lifespan ranges from 6 to 27 years. The Magellan
penguin lives for the longest. It lives between 25 and 30 years. The penguin with the
shortest lifespan is the little blue. It lives for six years. Three penguins live about 20
years. They are the Emperor, Galapagos, and Humboldt.

The majority of Penguins change as they get older! A penguin looks change as it
penguins are gets older. Did you know the Penguins change from a light gray to
black and dark gray and then get waterproof feathers that are black-and-
white. white? Emperor baby penguins cannot swim because the down
feathers are not waterproof. They still need mom or dad to keep
Penguin camouflage them warm. Emperor juniors change to waterproof feathers and
can start swimming.
Penguins are black for the depth of the sea and white for the top
of the sea.
The colors help protect them from predators it also helps them
camouflage while hunting.

The temperatures where the penguins Penguins have to stay
live are changing. The temperatures together to keep warm in
are warming. Many penguins need the the cold Antarctic weather?
cold. When the penguins are cold they Penguins adjust to different
huddle up. When they need to cool off, climates. Penguins can be
they do not huddle up. They open up affected by different climate
their wings to let cool air in. They changes.
have an air layer that helps keep them
warm. Many penguins need cold temperatures. The warm
temperatures are hard on them. Krill need the ice and
penguins need the krill. Without krill penguins will lose
their food. Penguins work together to stay warm by doing
the wave. They also work together and huddle. But don't
forget they have feathers of their own to stay warm.

Do you know that not all penguins live in cold areas? The Galapagos Did you know
Penguins live and swim in warm waters. The water is between 52 and 89 that there are 17
degrees. The Emperor and Adelie penguin live in Antarctica where the kinds of
average temperature is -49 degrees. The Rockhopper lives where the penguins? One
temperature is -56°. of them is called
the Emperor
penguin.

Penguins live in many different places. Two
types live in Antarctica. They are the Emperor
and Adelie. Several others live near
Antarctica on islands. All penguins live in the
Southern Hemisphere.

Penguins eat a variety of food. They eat krill, squid, fish and other Did you know that penguins
seafood. Penguins catch krill more towards the bottom of the sea. are a tasty treat to some ocean
Penguins don't eat fish towards the bottom of the ocean they get it in animals? The ocean animals
the shallow water. They also catch squid near the bottom of the sea. are leopard seals, killer
They also eat two krill per second! They can also catch 14 fish in 20 whales, skua birds and sharks.
seconds. They use their webbed feet to swim. They also use their A penguin does not have land
flippers to steer. predators as juniors and
adults. Leopard seals will hide
under ice waiting for penguins
to dive in. Skua are birds that
eat the eggs.

There are a few ways that penguins can protect themselves. Penguins eat a variety of food. Not all types eat the same food, but they all
Penguins protect themselves with their camouflage colors. eat seafood. They have a hook at the end of their beak to grab their food.
Their black backs blend into protect them self. They check the Penguins drink saltwater. They have a special way of filtering out the salt.
water for predators. They have sharp beaks to protect The most common food that penguins eat is Krill and small fish.
themselves.

There are 17 types of penguins in the world and all those penguins communicate in three
different calls. The contact call gets the colony together. The display call gets the mothers
attention. The contact call is a warning that predators are close. Each Penguin sound is slightly
different. Penguins use a trumpet sound to talk to each other. Each type of penguin sounds
different but all types of calls are the same.

Did you know that penguins preen each feather to get clean? Penguins spend hours daily
cleaning their feathers. They have a special oil near their tail that protects their feathers.
Once a year they lose all their feathers and get new ones. This helps them stay clean.

Rock hopper jumping rock to rock Do you know what some penguins Penguins are very playful
do? What about what life on land and social creatures. They
is like? Adelie penguins will fight toboggan, they dive into
over rocks when building nests. the water, they surf with
Emperors try to keep warm during the other penguins and
harsh winters so they huddle at they leap out of the water
the rockery. The Rockhoppers like like dolphins. All types are
to the hop from rock to rock. The social with their colony but
Gentoos make nests on the at times they will argue
grasslands. Did you know that all over food or nest
types have to stay on land when materials.
they molt which takes 2-3 weeks.
They spend an average of 25% of
their time on land the rest is in
the water. Now you know what
life on land is like and what they
do.