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The yolk of a penguin's egg is red.
Penguins eat krill and the red color is left behind.
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2.
The female penguin lays the egg and goes off to feed for several weeks.
She leaves the male to care for the egg, once the egg has hatched the male must walk up to 70 miles to reach water to feed again.
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The King and Emperor penguins are the only ones that lay and incubate one egg at a time.
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Penguins can dive up to 350 feet deep into the ocean.
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Emperor chicks stay close to their parents
The chicks often fall prey to larger predatory birds.
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Penguins have large appetites
The emperor penguin can eat up to 30 pounds of squid or fish in one feeding.
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All penguin species are protected.
A japanese company wanted to harvest 400,000 penguins a year for food, oil and clothing. Public protest put a sudden stop to the plan.
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The average life expectancy of a penguin is 15 to 20 years.
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Penguins live in large groups called rookeries.
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Penguins are social creatures.
The mating and breeding season brings millions of penguins to the same location.
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Penguins preen themselves for much of the day.
These animals have an oil gland close to their tail. They spread this oil over their flippers and body to protect them from the cold and salt water.
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Penguins like whales have a layer of blubber
Some penguins blubber can be 2 and a half inches thick.
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Each feather has down on the end of it which creates another layer of warmth.
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Penguins have feathers closely packed together.
The allows the heat their bodies generate to stay close their skin and the wind can't blow their feathers.
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Penguins have heavy bones to help them stay submerged.
Most birds have hollow bones to allow them to fly.
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16.
A penguin's wings or flippers are shaped like canoe oars.
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17.
The smallest penguin is called the little blue penguin.
The little blue or fairy weighs only 2 and a half pounds.
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The Largest Species is the Emperor Penguin weighing in at 80+ pounds.
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The Galapagos Penguin lives in tropical waters
They swim along side of turtles, sea lions and sharks.
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Penguins have adapted to a wider range of climates than any other bird.
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