Penguins 🐧
The World's Best Flightless Birds
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch while swimming underwater. They spend roughly half of their lives on land and the other half in the sea.
The largest living species is the emperor penguin on average, adults are about 3 ft 7 inches tall and weigh 77 lb. The smallest penguin species is the little blue penguin, also known as the fairy penguin, which stands around 13 inches tall and weighs 2.2 lb. In general today, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, and smaller penguins inhabit regions with temperate or tropical climates. Some prehistoric penguin species were enormous: as tall or heavy as an adult human. There was a great diversity of species in subantarctic regions, and at least one giant species in a region around 2,000 km south of the equator, in a climate decidedly warmer than today.
Learn more about them on WikipediaTypes of Penguins
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Emperor Penguin
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Little Penguin
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Galápagos Penguin
