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=PENGUINS= by Jacqueline Rodriguez Period 5



Page1...............................................................Introduction Page2..............................................................What are penguins? Page3..............................................................About Penguins Page4..............................................................The Penguin Family Page5...............................................................Where do penguins live?

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Introduction

 * I chose to do penguins for my my report.I choose Penguins because they are just adorable and i like the movie happy feet they are just so cute i have to do them.**

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What are penguins?

 * Penguins are short-legged non-flying birds.They have webbed feet and flippers.They have feathers,feet,beaks,wings, and they lay eggs.But sadly they are not friendly.They dont have a beak,they have a beak with sharp edges.**

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About Penguins.
penguins have waterprooved feathers,theire feathers cover their bills and feet.Penguins swim like other birds fly, but instead they have flippers.Penguins flap their wings to move forward.Most penguins can go underwater for about a minute, but emporer penguins dive as deep as 180 feet for up to 18 minutes.they launch themselves out of the water, momentarily flying in fluid arches as they continue to swim forward at the speeds like dolphins.They do it in order to breathe.They have webbed feet at the back of their body so penguins can stand upright when on land.

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The penguin Family

 * There is many diffent species of penguins.They are:Emperor, King, Adelie, Gentoo, Chinstrap, Rockhopper, Macaroni, Royal, Fiordland crested, Erect-crested, Snares-Island, Yellow-eyed, Fairy, Magellanic, Humboldt, African, and Galapagos.Funny names huh?Most of them weigh about 10-40 lbs. Emperor is the biggest of the group, its 44 inches and weighs 60-90lbs, they typically live about 20 years, but the maximim lifespam is 40 years.The emperor is one of my favorites because it also breeds during the Antartic winter.Emperor penguins mainly eat small fish and squid.Another of my favorites is the Macaroni penguin, because i love its name and it's hair.The Macaroni penguin is black and white with yellow and black plumes on the top of it's head.They weigh about 11 lbs and about 20 inches in height.They eat They eat** squid and krill.The macaroni is the most rapidly of all penguins.