Mark Hudson

Penguins will often fight other penguins by using their beaks and flippers to slap and hit the other penguins. As their flippers are solid, they can do ample damage. Penguins also squawk loudly to scare away other penguins from their nest. Bigger penguins might also push the smaller penguin by spreading their wings to look … Read more

This gives organisms the ability to reproduce sexually, due to the haploid cell, the cell with the full set of chromosomes such as gametes, are produced. A female emperor penguin transfers a single egg to the top of her mate’s feet. The female goes to sea to feed while the male incubates the egg. She … Read more

Even though they have wings, these appendages have evolved to help penguins with their swimming abilities. So they don’t actually have the ability to fly. The only flying that penguins are able to do is fly through the water at terrific speeds. They typically swim underwater at speeds of between 15 to 25 miles per … Read more

After the movie “March of the Penguins” came out, many conservative groups cited Emperor penguins as role models for monogamy. While it’s true that these flightless Antarctic birds pair up to copulate and raise young, they only stay together for one mating season,. Why are penguins so cute? Big lover of penguins here myself. Many … Read more

Some species of penguin like the Gentoos love to swim underneath the water for only 2 minutes and then come out for a small breathing break on the water’s surface for around 40 seconds. With the help of these techniques, the Penguins can swim around 4 miles to 6 miles in one single hour. Despite … Read more

They are oviparous, like all other birds. Every year, penguins begin a journey to their place of birth, where they carefully lay their eggs . Usually, the female lays two eggs at the beginning of October, which take around 40 days to hatch . Penguins lay eggs during their mating season and the male protects … Read more

According to recent research, the Penguins can easily hear the sounds whose frequency ranges between 100 Hertz and 15000 Hertz. The young human beings might listen to echoes with frequencies having the range of 16 Hertz to 20000 Hertz. Is It Important for the Penguins to Have the Ears or Not? Penguins’ hearing seems much … Read more

Mostly the color of the penguins may be brown or grey. Gentoo penguin has an orange bill and white patches over the eyes which spread over the head. The white patches are also found distributed over the head as well as throat. A relatively common aberration is simply known as ‘brown’. The appearance of the … Read more