These animals live exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. All 17 species. The giant among all penguins is the Imperial one. Its height is up to 120 cm. And the weight can exceed 27 kg. And also it never unlike other penguin species does not knock nests. This species lays an egg in its poplar bag, because the female lays only one egg.
Also, the emperor penguins can steal someone else's baby if they have died. This is called kidnapping. The lowest of them is small, or blue penguin. Its normal size is about 33 cm.
The specific color of the penguins helps them to blend in with their environment. The white belly helps to become the same color as the water surface, and the black back of the birds merge with the depths of sea water.
The fastest pilaf is the sub-Antarctic penguin, which can reach speeds of up to 36 km/h underwater. Although all penguins swim well, none of them can fly.
Penguins differ from other birds in the way of moulting. These birds drop feathers on a large scale, which makes it impossible to swim for some time, but all the other birds drop a few feathers.
The oldest relative of penguins survived the disappearance of dinosaurs. This is signalled by the remains of the penguin's predecessor. Scientists believe his age is about 60 million years.
Penguins, basically, make one lifetime nest. And couples are permanent. Larger males are easier to survive than more slender males, because they have more fat to survive a hunger strike in a few weeks, while the female gets food.
Small penguins are taken care of by both the female and male penguins. It takes two, three months for the calf to get its own food. Although penguins don't have visual ears, they do have excellent hearing. These animals can recognize their friends among the thousands of penguins in the colony.
Penguins do not beware of people, because on earth they do not know the danger. If someone tells you they've fed penguins or ironed them, don't be surprised.
Antarctica has icy water in and around it. Then how do penguins not freeze while swimming? These animals keep air between the layers of feathers, which helps not to lower the temperature of their bodies.
If someone thinks that absolutely all penguins like cold, that's not true. Galapagos penguins live on islands whose temperature will never be lower than 18 degrees above zero.
Penguins don't like walking on loose snow, so in times of high temperatures they slide on their stomachs, pushing their feet and wings.
If suddenly the bird doesn't find something to eat from above, it can sink into the ocean at a depth of 200 m. To be more precise, only the royal penguin can do so.
Rocky penguins, isn't that a strange name? The thing is that they like to plunge into the water from the rocks. Only this kind of birds do so.
Babies are born with absolutely no wool. It grows in a few weeks. And the feathers, without which any penguin can't imagine his life, are waterproof during the first year.
