Penguins

This week for literacy we read a story about penguins, and whats the difference between each one. For our task this week we had to write a report about one. We had to choose out of the Snares Crested Penguin, Southern Rock hopper-Penguin, King Penguin, Emperor Penguin, and the Gentoo Penguin. Me and my friend done one together on the Emperor Penguin.

Emperor Penguin

Habitat

Emperor Penguins are only found in Antarctica. They live in Antarctica because they are used to the cold temperature. These Penguins breed and raise their young mostly on fast ice.

Behavior

Emperor Penguins are highly social, they all feed and live in large groups. Although they remain with one mate during the breeding season. They normally always pair with the same mate during the next breeding season.

Lifecycle

Emperor Penguins typically live up to 15 - 20 years in the wild. Some of the Emperor penguins have been recorded living up to the maximum lifespan of 40 years. They go from eggs and when they crack they grow from over the years.

Food 

Emperor Penguins feed on Silverfish as well as other species of fish krill they also eat Squid. They eat 2-3 kg per day, on good days they eat twice this much to build up their  body fat for the long winter or for feeding their Baby’s.

Threats 

The greatest threat to Emperor Penguins is climate change, climate change is due to changes in the sea ice they depend on, they depend on it because the food that they eat is in the water.They also have other Threats they are Sea Lions and orcas. If they get too close to them they can get killed.

By Libbie & Hayley