Penguins not fly any of various short-legged water birds, produced in the southern hemisphere, and clumsy on land to walk upright, drape the body with short, stiff, feather-shaped scales, the main food of crustaceans, molluscs and fish
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No. 2
Waterfowl name. One meter in length, the mouth is very hard, black head and back, white belly and feet with short, short tail, small wings, not flying, diving, swimming, standing on land, as some hope for when the way, more social in Antarctica and nearby islands.
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No. 3
Aves, penguin families. A class can not be good at flying and swimming birds. Fin-like wings, suitable for the water. Small feathers were squamous, and the tail short. Short legs and the body moved to the rear toes are webbed, which will help swimming. Sometimes, walking in the rock jump, immediately head high hopes, hence the name.
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No. 4
Penguin Pinyin: qǐ'é English name: penguin
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Penguins found
1620 France beaulier) Alarmed by the captain for the first time in the southern tip of Africa will dive when predator of penguins, called 『』 feathered fish.
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Body structure
Penguin has its own unique structure: Penguin feathers of bird density than the same size junior to four times the role of feathers to regulate body temperature. While flying penguin feet and other birds, basically similar, but their bone hard, and relatively short and flat. This feature with short wings like oars to make penguins fly in the bottom 『』. Eyes on the excretion of excess salt to the salt glands. Penguin eyes because of the flat cornea, so I can see things at the bottom and surface. Eyes can be transmitted to the brain for long-term perspective integrated image thus producing long-term perspective effect. Penguin is one of the most lovely animal on the planet. The world total of 17 kinds of penguins, they are all located in the southern hemisphere; Antarctic and Subantarctic regions about 8 species, of which breed in the Antarctic coast and 2 species, while the other coast of the Antarctic continent and subantarctic islands between. Penguin great number of ethnic groups often appear, possession of 85% of the Antarctic seabird population. And, like ostriches, penguins are a group of flightless birds. Although penguins can not fly, but according to fossil data show, the first penguin that can fly Oh! Until 65 million years ago, they gradually evolved into wings, able to swim flipper, as we now see the penguins. Its main food is small fish and krill. Penguins usually live longer, such as the emperor penguin can reach 20 to 30 years old. Today there are 17 species of penguins in the world, in biology can be divided into 6 genera
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Categories
Wedge Wings Head (impennes) also known as Penguin Head, only the penguins head (sphenisciformes) Penguin Division (spheniscidae), including 6 genera and 18 species of penguins. All is not good at flying and swimming and diving marine birds. Yu scaly body, evenly distributed in the body surface, heavy bone, sternum with well-developed keel. Antarctic penguins are often regarded as a symbol, but the penguins are the largest located in the south temperate zone species, including the islands in the Southern Ocean, more than South America and New Zealand, where there are 6 genera and 13 species of penguins nest, of which 2 genera restricted to Australia and New Zealand region, and an angle of the largest penguin penguins are also areas in Australia and New Zealand distribution center. Penguin Penguin is the second largest ring is mainly distributed in subtropical and tropical regions, and even reached the equator, and in the Antarctic penguins nesting along the coast only 2 genera and 4 species of subantarctic 2 genera and 2 species, while the real in the Antarctic Continental winter only emperor penguins. Exist in the world there are 18 kinds of penguins, they are white fin penguins, white tip penguins, yellow-eyed penguins, Magellanic penguins, Peruvian penguins, Galapagos penguins, emperor penguins, king penguins, Adrian penguins, Antarctic penguins Papua penguins, penguins Shi angle, angle of penguins, penguin angle snare, Mark Ronnie crown angle and straight angle penguin penguins. King penguins are (aptenodytes): There are two, is the largest and most beautiful birds. Emperor Penguins: King Penguins Emperor penguins aptenodytes forsteri: more than one meter tall and weighing over 30 kg may be, is the only Antarctic birds winter along the coast and in the winter breeding emperor penguins produce only one egg every time, by the male penguins hatching to on the webbed feet, and with the belly on the cover, the margins of the male penguins stop eating completely rely on fat to sustain life until the baby penguins hatch, their weight can reduce 1 / 3. King Penguin: Some smaller size, the mouth is relatively long, more vivid colors, mainly in the area and the subantarctic Southern Ocean region, the most northern area can be to New Zealand. Adrian is a penguin (pygoscelis): There are 3. Gentoo penguins, Adrian penguins, Antarctic penguins, long crown penguins. Gentoo penguins pygoscelis papua: also known as King figure penguins, found in the Antarctic Peninsula, islands in the Southern Ocean islands Adrian Penguin adelie penguin: the largest number of penguins in Antarctica to see large groups of loitering with ice in the Antarctic waters. Antarctic penguins pygoscelis antarctica: also known as cap with penguins, mainly in the Antarctic area, sometimes wandering away to the South Pole. Penguin Point is (eudyptes): Penguins in most species, the most widely distributed genus, 6 species of yellow head crest, relatively quick activities on land, some populations in New Zealand can enter the forest. Coronet, penguins, penguin snare angle, vertical crown penguins, Shi angle penguins, penguin crown, long crown penguins. Coronet Penguin: distributed in the New Zealand area. Angle snare penguins, found in New Zealand Sinei Si Islands. Vertical crown penguins, found in the waters around New Zealand. Shi angle penguins, wide distribution of wheat in Australia in the island. Crown penguins, found in southern South America and the Southern Ocean area. Long crown penguins, located in the vicinity of the Southern Ocean and subantarctic regions. Yellow-eyed penguin is (megadytes): There is only one, that is, yellow-eyed penguin, found in New Zealand South Island area. Yellow-eyed penguin megadyptes antipodes: distributed in New Zealand South Island area. Penguin is a white tip (eudyptula): There are two, is the smallest penguin. Small fins Penguin, White-winged fins penguins. Small fins Penguin eudyptula minor: also known as fairy penguins, located in the vicinity of Australia to New Zealand, which Australia Philip Island Penguin Small fins 9 ~ 10 months a year 8:05 pm landing on time, be a great spectacle White-winged fins Penguin: distributed in the eastern South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes incorporated into the small fins penguins. Penguin is (spheniscus): also known as Central penguins are, there are 4 species is the most northerly distribution of penguins. Penguins, Humboldt penguins, Magellanic penguins penguins Kashima ring. Penguin: Penguin, or also known as spot-billed black-footed penguin loop: produced in South Africa Humboldt penguins or penguin Hung Wan: produced in Peru, South America along the West Coast. Magellanic Penguin Magellanic Penguin or: produced in southern South America. Penguin Island Central Canada: produced in the Galapagos Islands near the equator.
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The ancestors of penguins
What is the ancestors of penguins, and they will not fly? Present, much evidence shows that penguins do not seem to start from the ancestors of the flight. In 1887, Mengzibier put forward a theory that penguins may be independent of other birds, reptiles evolved separately evolved from. Penguins are not birds, the wings fins variation of wing formation, but by the evolution of reptiles in the forelimb formed directly, penguins do not experience flying stage. Later, scientists found a similar in the Antarctic penguin fossils, it is about 1 m high, weight 9 kg, with the characteristics of amphibians. This finding seems to confirm the Mengzibier speculation. In 1981, Japan has found a similar fossil seabirds penguins. Experts believe that this is a 3000 years ago, will not fly the original fossil penguins, perhaps it is the prehistoric ancestors of modern penguins. In recent years, ornithologists in the study of the Northern Hemisphere sea-crow made after the construction of the fossil, dating back 30 million years ago along the life of a sea of American crows may be closely related to the origin of penguins. This has been extinct flightless sea raven is also a seabird. Scientists believe that despite the penguins and the sea raven, a life in the southern hemisphere, a life in the northern hemisphere, but there are many similarities in their skeletal form, it can not be non-relative, right? From the above evidence, the ancestors of penguins can not fly is a kind of animal. However, some zoologists have a different view. They are based on research data accumulated over the years, asserted that the ancestors of penguins will be flying. Because the physical structure of modern penguins to find they are still flying ancestor bequeathed to future generations of the mark.
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Habits of penguins
"Happy feet" in the lovely cartoon penguins left me a deep impression, one time for me this far in the Antarctic became interested in animals. As "happy feet" on the movie itself has a lot of penguins living habits of the account, but after all is the animation, want to come and far from the true face of penguins, so the Internet search a bit. The results showed that the film is quite realistic, but also found a number of little-known features of penguins. The world's 20 kinds of penguins, which live in the Antarctic have 7. The protagonist of the movie, it would only called "Mambo," the little penguins, emperor penguins are. Emperor penguins live in Antarctica is the only year-round along the reef, a sea ice area is the largest of seven Antarctic penguins in an individual, body and 1.2 meters high and weighing 35 to 40 kg. Because of its morphological and behavioral characteristics of dignified elegance, the "emperor" of the phase, it is called Emperor penguins. Penguins like to group habitat, a group of hundreds of thousands of pieces tens of thousands up to have even 10 ~ 20 million. Ice shelves on the Antarctic continent, or in the Southern Ocean icebergs and ice floes, one can see groups of penguins gathered the grand occasion. Sometimes, they are a neat row of the team, facing one direction, like a well-trained honor guard, waiting and welcome visitors from afar; sometimes they are arranged in the distance, side force equal intervals, as the group calisthenics performance athletes, great battle neat spectacular. Oh, can you imagine standing on the ice of Antarctica, see the penguins tap dance party scene collective team do, to feel the movie should be more than spectacular. Done after the female penguin egg, and hatching by the male penguins take responsibility. In the large animal world, females having children seems to be an instinct and vocation, it is only right and proper thing for this have long been accustomed to. However, the emperor penguins have to break the routine, creating a male penguin incubates the eggs of the miracle, to say that this is a great feat of the animal kingdom. Male penguin incubates the eggs, is really a daunting task. Because the penguin's reproductive season, a time when the Antarctic winter, the weather cold, stormy. In the incubation period, in order to cold and wind, a few male penguins often stand side by side, their backs to the wind side, forming a wall of wind wall. Hatching, the male penguin feet and tight, solemn standing as a pillar to the tail, the body share the weight of exposure to both feet, and then carefully stir the eggs through the mouth to the feet back, and the activities of the body and feet slightly, complete stop at the foot until the egg up. Finally, from the bottom of his stomach a piece of crumpled long drooping belly, the same as security bags, cover the eggs. Since then, the male penguin has bent neck, head down, staring intently, protecting the apple of his eye, make every effort to stand more than 60 days without food or drink. Penguin has been shelling out to the young. It can be a little relieved, gently activities about the body, the rationale for a reason fluffy feathers. Drum of a drum wings, to mention a refreshing, but also ready to complete the task of nursing a small penguin. See the penguins quite characteristic of these habits, you are not also in unconsciously in love with them? 36 million years ago, giant penguins live in the equatorial Scientists unearthed in the southern coast of Peru, some giant tropical penguin fossil debris. This is a penguin has been extinct, at least 1.5 m height, body type was so researchers are also very shocked. Even now living in the largest penguin on Earth - about 1.2 meters tall emperor penguins, in front of it is also very impressive. In addition, the giant penguin, or waterfowl present in the beak of all known the longest. Its beak up to 18 cm, but also grow more than twice than the skull. It is estimated that the giant penguins live in about 3,600 million years ago. In addition to the giant penguin, the southern coast of Peru paleontologists also found another type of extinct tropical penguins. This tropical penguin stands about 0.9 meters tall and modern about Emperor penguins, they lived about 42 million years ago, ancient times, is the oldest known species of penguins. The researchers said the fossil remains of two penguins, not only is the most complete, and it is the earliest remains found so far. They study the evolution of modern penguins, and penguins in the ocean, the locations and history, provide a new perspective. Before the discovery of these fossil remains, scientists have always thought that penguins have been in the high latitudes, until 10 million years ago, was the first time swim to the low-latitude equatorial waters of life. But the new fossils discovered the wreckage, push forward to shift the time of a full 3,000 years. Scientists believe that, since the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, the Earth has gone through a period of highest temperature in history. From about 34 million years ago, after the formation of the Antarctic ice sheet, the Earth's temperature began to decrease gradually. The two penguins living in the equatorial waters of the time, were much earlier than the period of the Earth began to cool. From Peru, Argentina and the United States team of scientists, the discovery of these fossils in 2005 conducted a detailed study of the wreckage. The findings were published in this week's "U.S. National Academy of Sciences" website. North Carolina State University paleontologist Julia Clarke, said: "We used to always tend to think that penguins are accustomed to low-temperature environment of the animals - even today live the small penguins in equatorial regions the same way." Clark said, "but these new fossils, but they can be traced back to the past 6500 years in the hottest period on earth. The evidence indicates that penguins reached low latitude regions of the time, even more than our previous estimate as early as 3000 million years. " At the same time, two new penguins in the evolution of various characteristics, and their survival and distribution of the age, the researchers also must Penguin entire "family tree" to be rewritten. Life on Earth and the different types of penguins, penguin ancient stature with a huge beak is long and narrow, especially the giant penguin, its very long beak, like a spear the same. Clark speculated that this bill is likely to be used to help the giant tall penguin swallowed large prey. Not only that, the ancient Penguin can dive deep underwater, and can, like modern "relatives" as gracefully underwater "gliders", while gliding side to catch fish to eat. The researchers believe that the newly discovered two penguins that are on earth evolved separately in different areas, and later travel to the warmer equatorial waters of life. The researchers believe the giant penguins near New Zealand in the present life, while smaller penguins that were originated in tropical Antarctica. Although this type of two extinct penguin who can see, they are willing to leave the cold waters of the Southern Hemisphere high latitudes, where higher water temperature to life, but Dr. Clark said, and can not therefore conclude that modern penguins can adapt to current climate change caused by the high-temperature environment. Dr Clark said: "These species are found in Peru in the early penguin branch of the family, in terms of modern penguins, they are relatively distant distant relative." She said: "The current global warming, occurred in a relatively much shorter time period. from these new fossil species on the data obtained are not able to prove that global warming will not now live on the earth to bring any negative impact on the Penguin. "
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Another interesting explanation
The famous World of Warcraft Forum - National Geographic Azeroth Forum (ngacn.com) Webmaster ediart used for picture on the forum has been a penguin, penguins so wow players in the eyes of the word also represents ediart. 【Note】 above an explanation of the National Geographic Azeroth Forum (ngacn.com), "Penguin" is also synonymous with the leader of the party skeleton, skeleton gangs are looking for the penguins.
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Basic information
Aves Penguin Head (Sphenisciformes) Penguin generic term for all types of families. Characteristics can not fly; feet the lowest part of the body was born, it was upright posture; toes are webbed; plantigrade of (other birds in order to toe the ground); forelimbs into flippers; feathers short, in order to reduce friction and turbulence; feathers a layer of air between the retention for insulation. Back in black, white belly. The main difference between the various types of head and body size and color type. In 1620 the master of the French Beaulier southern tip of Africa for the first time Alarmed penguins will dive when predator, called the "feathered fish." Penguin is one of the most lovely animal on the planet. The world total of 18 kinds of penguins, they are all located in the southern hemisphere; Antarctic and Subantarctic regions about 8 species, of which breed in the Antarctic mainland coast and 2 species, while the other coast of the Antarctic continent and subantarctic islands between. Penguin great number of ethnic groups often appear, possession of 85% of the Antarctic seabird population. And, like ostriches, penguins are a group of flightless birds. Although penguins can not fly, but according to fossil data show, the first penguin that can fly Oh! Until 65 million years ago, they gradually evolved into wings, able to swim flipper, as we now see the penguins. 1, the main food is small fish and krill. 2, penguins often live long, such as the emperor penguins of up to 20-30 years of age. 3 in the world today there are 17 kinds of penguins, in biology can be divided into six genera.
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Penguin species
Wedge Wings Head (Impennes) also known as Penguin Head, only the penguins head (Sphenisciformes) Penguin Division (Spheniscidae), including 6 genera and 18 species of penguins. All is not good at flying and swimming and diving marine birds. Yu scaly body, evenly distributed in the body surface, heavy bone, sternum with well-developed keel. Antarctic penguins are often regarded as a symbol, but the penguins are the largest located in the south temperate zone species, including the islands in the Southern Ocean, more than South America and New Zealand, where there are 6 genera and 13 species of penguins nest, of which 2 genera restricted to Australia and New Zealand region, and an angle of the largest penguin penguins are also areas in Australia and New Zealand distribution center. Penguin Penguin is the second largest ring is mainly distributed in subtropical and tropical regions, and even reached the equator, and in the Antarctic penguins nesting along the coast only 2 genera and 4 species of subantarctic 2 genera and 2 species, while the real in the Antarctic Continental winter only emperor penguins. Penguins exist in the world, 18 species of penguins fins They are white, white tip penguins, yellow-eyed penguins, Magellanic penguins, Peruvian penguins, Galapagos penguins, emperor penguins, king penguins, Adrian penguins, Antarctic penguins Papua penguins, penguins Shi angle, angle of penguins, penguin angle snare, Mark Ronnie crown angle and straight angle penguin penguins. "Penguins are (Aptenodytes):" There are two, is the largest and most beautiful birds. Emperor Penguin: Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri: more than one meter tall and weighing over 30 kg may be, is the only Antarctic birds winter along the coast and in the winter breeding emperor penguins produce only one egg every time, by the male penguins hatching to on the webbed feet, and with the belly on the cover, the margins of the male penguins stop eating completely rely on fat to sustain life until the baby penguins hatch, their weight can reduce 1 / 3. King penguins: Some smaller size, the mouth is relatively long, more vivid colors, mainly in the area and the subantarctic Southern Ocean region, the most northern area can be to New Zealand. "Adrian is a penguin (Pygoscelis):" There are 3. Gentoo penguins, Adrian penguins, Antarctic penguins. Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua: Also known as King figure penguins, found in the Antarctic Peninsula, islands in the Southern Ocean islands Adrian Penguin Adelie Penguin: The largest number of penguins in Antarctica to see large groups of loitering with ice in the Antarctic waters. Antarctic penguin Pygoscelis antarctica: Also known as cap with penguins, mainly in the Antarctic area, sometimes wandering away to the South Pole. "Penguin Point is (Eudyptes):" Penguin in most species, the most widely distributed genus, 6 species of yellow head crest, relatively quick activities on land, some populations in New Zealand can enter the forest. Coronet, penguins, penguin snare angle, vertical crown penguins, Shi angle penguins, penguin crown, long crown penguins. Coronet Penguin: distributed in the New Zealand area. Snare angle Penguin: distributed in New Zealand Sinei Si Islands. Vertical crown Penguin: distributed in the waters around New Zealand. Shi angle Penguin: wide distribution of wheat in Australia in the island. Crown Penguin: distributed in southern South America and the Southern Ocean area. Long crown Penguin: located in the vicinity of the Southern Ocean and subantarctic regions. "Yellow-eyed penguin is (Megadytes):" Only one, that is, yellow-eyed penguin, found in New Zealand South Island area. Yellow-eyed penguin Megadyptes antipodes: distributed in New Zealand South Island area. "Penguin is a white tip (Eudyptula):" There are two, is the smallest penguin. Small fins Penguin, White-winged fins penguins. Small fins Penguin Eudyptula minor: Also known as fairy penguins, located in the vicinity of Australia to New Zealand, including Australia, Phillip Island Penguin Small fins on time 8:05 pm from September to October each year visit, become a great spectacle. White-winged fins Penguin: Distributed in the eastern South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes incorporated into the small fins penguins. "Penguin is a (Spheniscus):" Penguin is also known as ring, 4 species, is the most northerly distribution of penguins. Penguins, Humboldt penguins, Magellanic penguins penguins Kashima ring. Penguin: Penguin, or also known as spot-billed black-footed penguin loop: produced in South Africa Humboldt penguins or penguin Hung Wan: produced in Peru, South America along the West Coast. Magellanic Penguin Magellanic Penguin or: produced in southern South America. Penguin Island Central Canada: produced in the Galapagos Islands near the equator. Fairy Penguins: Living in the southeast coast of Australia and New Zealand West Coast
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Penguin Characteristics
Penguin can be said that the least cold of living birds. Its body feathers, clouds, and two to three centimeters thick subcutaneous fat, this particular insulation equipment, make it sixty degrees below zero Celsius in ice and snow, still comfortable life. Extinct Great Auk and the bird may be cold, and both had been mistaken for a look similar to the genetic relationship, so when the Europeans discovered penguin penguin name is also similar. Penguin Today, the penguins in the Antarctic area of life, their ancestors tube-nosed animals in the area south of the equator to develop. Scientists speculate that they do not continue to advance northward to the northern hemisphere of the reason may be that penguins can not stand the tropical warm water. The most northern distribution of their community and the regional annual average temperature is 20 ℃ very consistent. Warm equatorial currents and higher temperatures to form a natural barrier, blocking the penguins across the equator northward. They can only live in the snow and ice melt from the Antarctic deep sea water or by pouring the cold water flow through the seas. Penguins are sea birds, although they sometimes are on land, ice sheets and sea ice habitat. In the penguin's life, life in the sea and on land for about half and half. Penguins can not fly, good for swimming. Walking on land, clumsy, sole, body upright, relying on the tail and wings to maintain balance. In case of emergency, to quickly lie down, stretch Liang Chi, Crawling in the snow and ice; sometimes also in the ice cliff, slope, direction of the tail and wing control, rapid glide. Penguins swimming speed is amazing, the adult penguins swimming speed of 20 to 30 km, Tons of speed than the wheel faster, even more than the fastest whaling. Penguin diving skills can be comparable with the world diving champion, it can jump out of the water 2 meters high, and the sky from the ice or ice, jumped into the water, Qianrushuidi. Therefore, Penguins deserve to be called swimmer, diving and diving experts. Penguins to marine zooplankton, mainly feed on krill, and sometimes some of the wrist race prey, squid and small fish. Good appetite penguins, each penguin eat a daily average of 0.75 kilograms of food, mainly krill. Therefore, the penguins as predators in the Southern Ocean plays an important role in the food chain. Penguins in the Antarctic krill prey about 33.17 million tons, accounting for the total consumption of the Antarctic birds, 90% of the amount, equivalent to half the whales krill. Penguin habitat types and distribution of the region due to vary: Emperor penguins like ice shelves and sea ice habitat; Adelie penguins and penguin both gold figure on the ice, and ice-free zone in the exposed rock life; in subantarctic penguins, like most ice-free Habitat area on the rocks and stones used nest. Penguins habitat like the group, a group of several hundred, several thousand, tens of thousands, who even up to 10 up to 20 million. Ice shelves on the Antarctic continent, or in the Southern Ocean icebergs and ice floes, one can see groups of penguins gathered the grand occasion. Sometimes they A neat row team, facing one direction, Trained as a guard of honor, waiting and welcome visitors from afar; Sometimes they line up the distance, side force equal intervals, as the group calisthenics performance athletes, the spectacular battle is very neat. Penguin's temperament simple and honest, generous, very funny. Despite the appearance of pious Penguin, seemed a bit arrogant, and even arrogant, but when people close to them, they do not look people run away, sometimes as if nothing had happened, and sometimes seems shy, do not Know what to do, sometimes they look around, whispering to each other, twitter. Simple and honest and with a fraction of that air of Folly, really arouses laughter, perhaps, they rarely see, is a curious psychological dictates it.
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Categories
Wedge Wings Head (impennes) also known as Penguin Head, only the penguins head (sphenisciformes) Penguin Division (spheniscidae), including 6 genera and 18 species of penguins. All is not good at flying and swimming and diving marine birds. Yu scaly body, evenly distributed in the body surface, heavy bone, sternum with well-developed keel. Antarctic penguins are often regarded as a symbol, but the penguins are the largest located in the south temperate zone species, including the islands in the Southern Ocean, more than South America and New Zealand, where there are 6 genera and 13 species of penguins nest, of which 2 genera restricted to Australia and New Zealand region, and an angle of the largest penguin penguins are also areas in Australia and New Zealand distribution center. Penguin Penguin is the second largest ring is mainly distributed in subtropical and tropical regions, and even reached the equator, and in the Antarctic penguins nesting along the coast only 2 genera and 4 species of subantarctic 2 genera and 2 species, while the real in the Antarctic Continental winter only emperor penguins. Exist in the world there are 18 kinds of penguins, they are white fin penguins, white tip penguins, yellow-eyed penguins, Magellanic penguins, Peruvian penguins, Galapagos penguins, emperor penguins, king penguins, Adrian penguins, Antarctic penguins Papua penguins, penguins Shi angle, angle of penguins, penguin angle snare, Mark Ronnie crown angle and straight angle penguin penguins. King penguins are (aptenodytes): There are two, is the largest and most beautiful birds. Emperor Penguins: King Penguins Emperor penguins aptenodytes forsteri: more than one meter tall and weighing over 30 kg may be, is the only Antarctic birds winter along the coast and in the winter breeding emperor penguins produce only one egg every time, by the male penguins hatching to on the webbed feet, and with the belly on the cover, the margins of the male penguins stop eating completely rely on fat to sustain life until the baby penguins hatch, their weight can reduce 1 / 3. King Penguin: Some smaller size, the mouth is relatively long, more vivid colors, mainly in the area and the subantarctic Southern Ocean region, the most northern area can be to New Zealand. Adrian is a penguin (pygoscelis): There are 3. Gentoo penguins, Adrian penguins, Antarctic penguins, long crown penguins. Gentoo penguins pygoscelis papua: also known as King figure penguins, found in the Antarctic Peninsula, islands in the Southern Ocean islands Adrian Penguin adelie penguin: the largest number of penguins in Antarctica to see large groups of loitering with ice in the Antarctic waters. Antarctic penguins pygoscelis antarctica: also known as cap with penguins, mainly in the Antarctic area, sometimes wandering away to the South Pole. Penguin Point is (eudyptes): Penguins in most species, the most widely distributed genus, 6 species of yellow head crest, relatively quick activities on land, some populations in New Zealand can enter the forest. Coronet, penguins, penguin snare angle, vertical crown penguins, Shi angle penguins, penguin crown, long crown penguins. Coronet Penguin: distributed in the New Zealand area. Angle snare penguins, found in New Zealand Sinei Si Islands. Vertical crown penguins, found in the waters around New Zealand. Shi angle penguins, wide distribution of wheat in Australia in the island. Crown penguins, found in southern South America and the Southern Ocean area. Long crown penguins, located in the vicinity of the Southern Ocean and subantarctic regions. Yellow-eyed penguin is (megadytes): There is only one, that is, yellow-eyed penguin, found in New Zealand South Island area. Yellow-eyed penguin megadyptes antipodes: distributed in New Zealand South Island area. Penguin is a white tip (eudyptula): There are two, is the smallest penguin. Small fins Penguin, White-winged fins penguins. Small fins Penguin eudyptula minor: also known as fairy penguins, located in the vicinity of Australia to New Zealand, which Australia Philip Island Penguin Small fins 9 ~ 10 months a year 8:05 pm landing on time, be a great spectacle White-winged fins Penguin: distributed in the eastern South Island of New Zealand, are sometimes incorporated into the small fins penguins. Penguin is (spheniscus): also known as Central penguins are, there are 4 species is the most northerly distribution of penguins. Penguins, Humboldt penguins, Magellanic penguins penguins Kashima ring. Penguin: Penguin, or also known as spot-billed black-footed penguin loop: produced in South Africa Humboldt penguins or penguin Hung Wan: produced in Peru, South America along the West Coast. Magellanic Penguin Magellanic Penguin or: produced in southern South America. Penguin Island Central Canada: produced in the Galapagos Islands near the equator.
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Habits
Shape due to species life history and geographical distribution of different sizes vary. Breeding cycle within the same also with latitude. Some species migrate long distances into the interior of the ancestral nest sites to lay eggs, Cape Horn Penguin (S.demersus, the donkey Ming Penguin) and little penguins breed 2 times a year, most species breed only 1 year. The king penguins (A.patagonica) 2 is the breeding for three years. Teijin penguins penguins lay their eggs one time, while other species is produced in the two, even as three. Most penguins breed in the southern hemisphere spring and summer. Gentoo penguins (P.papua) reproduction of some species also winter. Emperor penguins developed a long time, so in the autumn breeding, so the best chance of survival rate of chicks in the summer output. Penguin chicks hatched from the egg shell to be 24 to 48 hours after hatching performance with feeding behavior, the mouth into the birds mouth, spit out a liquid feeding into the crustacean or fish food. Initially, chicks under the body hidden in the birds; growing up, the chicks stay in the birds side of the body. Chicks from hatching to complete independence period, in the smaller species to 2 months, it takes 5 and a half months emperor penguins, king penguins from 12 to 14 months. Semi-mature group of chicks from the adults take care of National Cheng Kung University, such as in the "nursery" in general. Adult birds replace all their feathers once a year. Can not molt into the water, often hiding in a shelter outside the place of birds. Penguin swimming rapidly, with flippers for propulsion. Need high-speed forward, often jumped off the water, jump in the air, each 1 meter or farther forward, and breathing during this period. Clumsy gait on land is ridiculous, but the forward speed is very fast, as a balancer to front legs. Can act flexibly in the rock, but also in the snow and ice on the ground taxiing to the abdomen in order to promote the control of foot and limb. Penguin able to use the sun's position to target. Antarctic penguins often 0 ℃ (32 ℉) below the water, swimming, and thus the body's insulation is very important. High-speed water sports and increase the heat loss. The foot on land in close contact with the ice, the skin temperature of 0 ℃. So this low skin temperature, because lower limb arteries and veins within the adjacent countercurrent heat exchange between the system so that the cold change thy peripheral blood from the blood flow to absorb heat, thereby saving body heat. And Hu class, the penguins have a salt gland. Studies have shown that emperor penguins also infected with psittacosis lymphogranuloma virus disease, Adelie penguins and other body with trace DDT. Penguin and the Hu-shaped head (Procellariiformes) have a common ancestor, the Eocene fossil record after the rich. Penguin Penguin Head Section with a Section (Spheniscidae), under the sub-5 subfamilies, only penguins subfamily (Spheniscinae) the existing 18 species.
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Penguin evolution
Scientists unearthed in the southern coast of Peru, some giant tropical penguin fossil debris. This is a penguin has been extinct, at least 1.5 m height, body type was so researchers are also very shocked. Even now living in the largest penguin on Earth - about 1.2 meters tall emperor penguin, in front of it is also very impressive. In addition, the giant penguin, or waterfowl present in the beak of all known the longest. Its beak up to 18 cm, but also grow more than twice than the skull. It is estimated that the giant penguins live in about 3,600 million years ago. In addition to the giant penguin, the southern coast of Peru paleontologists also found another type of extinct tropical penguins. This tropical penguin stands about 0.9 meters tall and modern about Emperor penguins, they lived about 42 million years ago, ancient times, is the oldest known species of penguins. The researchers said the fossil remains of two penguins, not only is the most complete, and it is the earliest remains found so far. They study the evolution of modern penguins, and penguins in the ocean, the locations and history, provide a new perspective. Before the discovery of these fossil remains, scientists have always thought that penguins have been in the high latitudes, until 10 million years ago, was the first time swim to the low-latitude equatorial waters of life. But the new fossils discovered the wreckage, push forward to shift the time of a full 3,000 years. Scientists believe that, since the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, the Earth has gone through a period of highest temperature in history. From about 34 million years ago, after the formation of the Antarctic ice sheet, the Earth's temperature began to decrease gradually. The two penguins living in the equatorial waters of the time, were much earlier than the period of the Earth began to cool. From Peru, Argentina and the United States team of scientists, the discovery of these fossils in 2005 conducted a detailed study of the wreckage. The findings were published in this week's "U.S. National Academy of Sciences" website. North Carolina State University paleontologist Julia Clarke, said: "We used to always tend to think that penguins are accustomed to low-temperature environment of the animals - even today live the small penguins in equatorial regions the same way." Clark said, "but these new fossils, but they can be traced back to the past 6500 years in the hottest period on earth. The evidence indicates that penguins reached low latitude regions of the time, even more than our previous estimate as early as 3000 million years. " At the same time, two new penguins in the evolution of various characteristics, and their survival and distribution of the age, the researchers also must Penguin entire "family tree" to be rewritten. Life on Earth and the different types of penguins, penguin ancient stature with a huge beak is long and narrow, especially the giant penguin, its very long beak, like a spear the same. Clark speculated that this bill is likely to be used to help the giant tall penguin swallowed large prey. Not only that, the ancient Penguin can dive deep underwater, and can, like modern "relatives" as gracefully underwater "gliders", while gliding side to catch fish to eat. The researchers believe that the newly discovered two penguins that are on earth evolved separately in different areas, and later travel to the warmer equatorial waters of life. The researchers believe the giant penguins near New Zealand in the present life, while smaller penguins that were originated in tropical Antarctica. Although this type of two extinct penguin who can see, they are willing to leave the cold waters of the Southern Hemisphere high latitudes, where higher water temperature to life, but Dr. Clark said, and can not therefore conclude that modern penguins can adapt to current climate change caused by the high-temperature environment. Dr Clark said: "These species are found in Peru in the early penguin branch of the family, in terms of modern penguins, they are relatively distant distant relative." She said: "The current global warming, occurred in a relatively much shorter time period. from these new fossil species on the data obtained are not able to prove that global warming will not now live on the earth to bring any negative impact on the Penguin. " Royal Norwegian Guard awarded a penguin Jazz titles Interesting】 【Penguin Xinhua news, according to "Beijing News" reported 15, a penguin named Nils in Edinburgh Zoo "review" of the Norwegian Royal Guard. Niels penguin penguin is a member of the family, has been awarded inherited the rank of the Norwegian army, and is now being awarded the "Sir" title. This "Penguin Jazz" The full name of Neil Soar Musharraf, it became the first Norwegian history, "with wings" of jazz. The black and white jazz blatantly inspected the Royal Guard, seems Pompous. Penguin 70s of last century to become the mascot of the Norwegian Royal Guard, a colonel named 尼尔斯爱格林 visited the Scottish Zoo, when King Olav V of Norway. So the mascot of the Royal Norwegian Guard was named "Neil Soar Musharraf." "We have been in the Royal Norwegian Navy has maintained good relations of cooperation and pride." The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland manager, David Wade, said Mill. Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh Zoo is the owner of Daniels "Sir" to live there. Royal Norwegian Guard every few years to visit Daniels, Daniels is also a symbol of military service in Norway, the first penguin Nils died 20 years ago, but it is the honor of future generations to inherit from the penguins. Daniels family to the rank of corporal after serving 35 years, and now finally promoted to the rank of colonel. 15, Daniels was awarded the title Sir, a sword out of the Royal Guard soldier, in the Nils rub the head a couple of sides to complete the ceremony. Edinburgh Zoo staff 戴琳麦克格里 said with a smile: "Daniels like attention, it is even reviewed the troops." Mike Gerry said, "We love it, it is the best penguin . "(Zhang Le) qq penguin
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Another interesting explanation
The famous World of Warcraft Forum - National Geographic Azeroth Forum (ngacn.com) Webmaster ediart used for picture on the forum has been a penguin, penguins so wow players in the eyes of the word also represents ediart. 【Note】 above an explanation of the National Geographic Azeroth Forum (ngacn.com), "Penguin" is also synonymous with the leader of the party skeleton, skeleton gangs are looking for the penguins.
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Mystery
The Arctic polar bears, penguins south pole, but such a seemingly simple question has stumped many scientists, that is, although the Arctic and Antarctic climate and environment is very similar, but why the Arctic is not only polar bears penguins, but only the Antarctic penguins No polar bear it? Some scientists inferences based on theory of plate drift, polar bears and penguins that had lived in the same continent, then the plates are moving, they belong to different blocks, the more drift further and further away, until now an Arctic, Antarctic, Sea. This explains the lack of evidence insufficient to convince the public, and the suspense once opened, to biological evolution, the Earth has evolved, there will be no general significance. Pet QQ is Tencent QQ Penguin launched a virtual community feeding game. QQ Penguin is one of them.
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English Expression
n.: penguin, black and white sea-bird living in the Antarctic, with webbed feet and wings like flippers that are used for swimming, a penguin