More penguin

tips & insights

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Sex indication

It's difficult for the untrained human eye to tell the male from the female penguins.

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Largest penguin

The emperor penguin is the largest of the penguin species (about the height and weight of a heavyset six-year-old boy).

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Evolution

It engineered penguins for keeping warm in their frigid Antarctica environment by giving them compact waterproof feathers and a blubber layer under the skin. Evolution also provided them with a relatively high body mass to skin area ratio - and a unique physiological system that minimizes body heat loss during breathing.

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Keep alert in the colonies

Penguins are adorable, but watch where you step while exploring their colonies. They can create quite a mess - and stench (which increases with the temperature). And, if you come too close, some might snap at your legs with their sharp avian beaks.

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