Penguin

There are a lot of memes around the idea that the Chinese word for “penguin” can literally be translated as “business goose”. Whilst this is quite attractive as penguins do look like they’re waddling around in little business suits, unfortunately this etymology is not actually accurate. The Chinese word for penguin is 企鹅 (qǐ​’é). An … Read more

Penguins live (almost) entirely in the Southern Hemisphere With so much variety among penguin species it seems strange that they never moved farther north and filled more ecological niches as they did in the Southern Hemisphere. Thus there are no penguins in the North Pole. The visuals are the main contribution to the confusion in … Read more

Penguins more commonly live in the Southern Hemisphere, that is, in the temperate zone. However, one unique species of penguins reside in the northern region of the equator too. They are the “Galápagos penguin. ”. Penguins are mostly found in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species of penguins found above the equator in the … Read more

Penguin physical adaptations include thick fats layer underneath their pores and skin supplies insulation whereas their darkish colored overlapping feathers soak up warmth from the solar, offering waterproof feathers and heat. As well as, penguins huddle collectively to maintain heat. When we were writing we ran into the question “What do penguins have to adapt … Read more

Although king penguins are highly gregarious at rookery sites, they usually travel in small groups of 5 to 20 individuals. Penguins communicate by vocalizing and performing physical behaviors called “displays”. They use many vocal and visual displays to communicate nesting territories and mating information. One more query we ran across in our research was “Why … Read more

The female emperor penguins will be out for hunting to the ocean for around two months. When they return, the eggs will hatch and will be ready to eat the half-digested food that the mothers carry in the throat. The time taken to incubate the eggs depends on the size of the egg. The feet … Read more

Despite their cartoon-like physique, penguins are extremely difficult to domesticate. Generally speaking, they are not considered affectionate, especially not toward members of other species (humans included). So getting penguins for your zoo and hoping children could pet them and take cute photos with them is absolutely out of the question. Is the domesticated penguin related … Read more

If a penguin happens to sneeze on you, you aren’t going to get the flu. And, happily for the crowded colonies of nesting penguins, the avian influenza virus in their midst doesn’t seem to make penguins sick, either. But the discovery does raise intriguing questions about how flu viruses spread. Do Adelie penguins get sick? … Read more

Looking at a penguin standing or waddling around on the island it may look like they have very short legs and no knees. But yes, penguins do have knees ! A penguin’s leg is composed of a short femur, knee, tibia and fibula. The upper leg bones are not visible as they are covered in … Read more

Penguins (lat. Spheniscidae) are a group of birds that can not fly, and they live in the Southern Hemisphere. This is the only family in the order Sphenisciformes, birds of subclass Neognathae. Penguins includes six families with 17 or 20 species. Also, are there any birds that can’t fly? These eight birds can’t fly, but … Read more