Penguins
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Transcript of Penguins
PenguinsBy: Gabrielle Combs
King Penguin’s
Stiff Feathers(Flipper)
BlubberDowny
Part(Traps air)
Stiff and Small
(Waterproof)
• Penguin’s molt once a year, new feathers grow underneath old ones pushing the old out.
• 2- 5 weeks
Searching for the perfect… Pebble.
• The Gentoo male Penguins find the smoothest and beautiful pebble while the ladies sit on nests.
• Males fear rejection and pebble envy
And to ProtectThey look more graceful
in water, while swimming.
4-7 mph Fastest is 22 mph
Breed in colonies of 200- 1000’s to be protected.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/animals/penguin.html
http://www.patrickdepinguin.com/penguins/flippers/
http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/380449/enlarge
http://docofchoc.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/14-fun-facts-about-penguins-41774295/?no-ist
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