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Penguins are flightless birds that live exclusively in the southern hemisphere. They can swim quickly through the ocean and walk, hop, run, and toboggan on land. Parents take turns incubating eggs and caring for chicks. Chicks wait together for their parents to return from hunting and can identify them by their unique call. Penguins have adaptations like waterproof feathers and blubber to survive in their cold habitat.

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Penguins are flightless birds that live exclusively in the southern hemisphere. They can swim quickly through the ocean and walk, hop, run, and toboggan on land. Parents take turns incubating eggs and caring for chicks. Chicks wait together for their parents to return from hunting and can identify them by their unique call. Penguins have adaptations like waterproof feathers and blubber to survive in their cold habitat.

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• They can swim at speeds of up to 15
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• They can waddle, hop or run on land.


Penguins are flightless birds that live • They can slide on their tummies in a
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exclusively in the southern hemisphere. movement known as ‘tobogganing’.
Penguins lay one or two eggs at a time.
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warm and to feed and protect chicks.
Habitat: Mostly in the ocean, though A penguin’s white front and black back
penguins are able to live on land as well. Every year, thousands of chicks will wait
allows them to be camouflaged against
together for their parents to return from
the light, the ice and the sky when seen
Life Span: Average of 15-20 years. hunting. Chicks can identify their parents
from below, but also against the dark of
thanks to their unique call frequency.
Height: Between 40 and 115 centimetres. the ocean when seen from
above.
Diet: Carnivores - they eat fish and Fun Facts
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other seafood.
• Penguins have waterproof feathers and
Conservation Status: Half of the 18 a layer of blubber to keep them warm.
species of penguin are recognised as
being vulnerable or endangered. • When on land, large colonies of
penguins will huddle together for
Collective Noun: A group of
penguins is called a colony, rookery, warmth and protection.
huddle, raft (at sea) or a waddle
(when on land). • Penguins don’t have any teeth!

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