Mark Hudson

No, there are no such penguins that can fly. Not even the smallest penguin species are able to fly. Their body weights and tapered wings do not allow them to fly, not even for short distances. But if you want to know if penguins can fly, the answer is yes they are a flying bird. … Read more

The most commonly found penguins in Australia are the little penguins. The king penguins are found only in the SEA WORLD, Queensland. The little penguins have set their colonies on the coast in large numbers, some found declined in recent days. Another frequently asked query is “Are penguins native to australia?”. Australia: Research suggests that … Read more

Conclusion: Penguins are monogamous and only stick with one partner their entire lives. Only in extreme cases where the male partner hasn’t returned to this nest either one or more mating seasons in a row, the female penguin searches for a new mate. The penguins take care of the food for their chicks as well … Read more

There are three suggested origins of penguin: Welsh pen gywn ‘white head ‘; a derivative of Latin pinguis ‘fat’; and English pin wing. There is no evidence for the last one but there are explanations for Welsh and Latin origins. It seems like the Welsh origin is the most favored one. Though Antarctica is now … Read more

Well, in a sense they really do fly, only through the water, not through the air. Penguins have strong wings and strong pectoral muscles to power them. Their bodies are streamlined as if for flight, so they still cut cleanly through the water. While I was researching we ran into the inquiry “How did Penguins … Read more

Yes, it is true that penguins are edible and humans can eat them. In numerous expeditions by the travelers to Antarctica, they had added fresh penguin’s meat in their diets with for the period of their long journeys, mainly when the food which they carried with them was often deficient in nutrients or occasionally get … Read more

This is because penguins are aquatic animals and the land is not their primary domain which is why their walk looks awkward and uncoordinated. The knees are also hidden because penguins have small legs and the cold temperatures of the Antarctic region make a layer of fat and feathers a necessity for surviving the harsh … Read more

Except when they pant like a dog, penguins are really economical with water. They don’t perspire and only excrete uric acid, a white paste-like, poor in water and concentrated waste. They don’t urinate like mammals because this would be a waste of water. Penguins mainly get their water from melted ice or from rivers where … Read more

The penguins can swim quite faster under the water in one single breath . They also porpoise-like the cetaceans while traveling to the long distances. Porpoise is a technique in which the seabird leaps forward but overhead the water with the purpose of inhaling the air along with the fast swimming. Are penguins good swimmers? … Read more

Penguins do not make igloos. They don’t even know how to live in them. Human beings actually make igloos. They cut the compacted snow in the form of bricks and then pile up these bricks in a particular way to create an igloo. How do penguins build igloos? Igloos are made by slicing thick snow … Read more