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Emperor Penguins
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Emperor Penguin
By: Garret Rounds
Habitat
They live in very cold places like the Antarctic with temperatures reaching below -53F.
They swim instead of fly because of the cold weather.
Penguins thermoregulate without altering their metabolism.
Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Aptenodytes
Species: A. forsteri
Diet
Emperor penguins mainly eat fish crustaceans and cephalopods.
The primary food is the antarctic silver fish.
They can dive as far as 500 meters to get their food and stay under water for about 15 minutes.
Sources
http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/penguin/reproduction.htm
http://www.photovolcanica.com/PenguinSpecies/Emperor/EmperorPenguinPhotos.html
Reproduction
The penguins reproduce on stable ice patches.
Breeding colonies are usually located where ice cliffs and icebergs protect them from the wind.
The male penguin takes care of the egg sticking it upright right next to its brood patch.
The breeding cycle for Emperor penguins is 14-16 months and they have internal fertilization, ovoparity, and it lives in groups.