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Emperor Penguin
By:Caelyn Murdaugh
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Stats
Length: up to four feet
Weight: 45-90 pounds
Life span: about 20 years
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Habitat
• Emperor Penguins are only found in Antarctic ice packs and in surrounding oceans
• They live in packs of 500 to 2,000 penguins
• Specifically adapted to survive in the most inhospitable conditions on earth.
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Did you know?
• The emperor Penguin can dive up to 870 feet and stay under water for up to eighteen minutes.• On smooth icy slopes the• emperor penguin lies on its belly and slides across• During breeding season males wont eat from March until
July which is 110 to 115 days without food• Penguins have two dozen feathers per square inch.
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Food Source
• Emperor Penguins enjoy Fish, Squid and shrimp.
• Because of where they live they have very
limited predators which include Leopard
seals and Killer Whales.
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Habitat map
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Breeding
• Breeding season begins in march• A single egg is laid between May and July• The Male incubates the egg for 40 to 50 days • Female returns to the egg just as its about to
hatch.• The male then returns to the• sea to eat.• The breeding site is called • rookeries
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Works Cited• King, Judith: wild life fact file. Pittsburg, PA: International Masters Publisher, 1997
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http://www.animalfactguide.com/images/maps/antarcticmap_emperorpenguin.png
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