It is believed that penguins are very cold-resistant and low temperature - an indispensable condition of their habitat. In fact, among these birds there are thermophilic species. For example, the Galapagos penguins living on the same island. Year-round temperature there does not fall below 18 degrees.
Interesting facts about the cold Peculiar champions in the world of penguins Gentoo considered. When swimming, they reach speeds of 36 km / h.
Penguins do not like to walk on the soft snow as fail it. To move around comfortably while warming, they lie on your stomach and slide using repulsive wings and legs. If you alter a penguin famous quote Maxim Gorky, you get "born to fly can not fly."
These birds are amazing swimmers, but the air spaces not accessible to them. And penguins dive well. And if the bird really hungry and on the surface of the ocean does not come across anything edible, it is able to produce their own food to a depth of 200 m However, this depth can reach only one species of birds -. Royal penguins.
Penguins - the only birds that can not only stand up straight, but walk in that position. Rocky Penguins got a nickname for what is loved not just go into the water and jump into it from the rocks. Emperor penguins - these giants among their brethren. Their weight passes for 27 pounds, and the height - per meter.
Pingvinyata born into the world completely naked. "Clothes" made of feathers forming them in a few weeks. Appearance of the most important feathers - waterproof - baby sometimes have to wait more than a year. As long as they do not grow back, the bird lives with his parents, even if it is almost reaching a large size specimens. These feathers, as well as a layer of subcutaneous fat, help the penguins to accumulate heat and endure the cold.
Penguin's ability to vertical foot traffic due to the fact that their short and thick legs are not located directly in the center of gravity and a little behind. That's why they go so straight, lurching clumsily "with his feet."
The most hardy swimmers are considered among the Patagonian penguins. Reaching the goal of such a penguin can spend on the road for about three weeks and overcome during this time and a half thousand kilometers.
Not all penguins differ kindness and gentleness. For example, a stone is enough bad character. They are noisy and often rush to the attack on their bad object.
Penguin couple lives under the laws of "matriarchy." After laying eggs, the female leaves them caring father, and she is sent to "make a living": produces food partner and young. When babies are born, have daddy in the esophagus appears even something like milk, which he feeds the offspring, belching this mass.
Once a year, the penguins shed their old feathers and grow a new one. This process can take up to three weeks.
One species of penguins - Magellan - was named after Ferdinand Magellan. In 1520, near the island of Tierra del Fuego traveler first discovered these animals. To quench your thirst, penguins do not require fresh water. These glands are the body that can display the salt from sea water. Salt impurities are allocated through the grooves in its beak and a birdie, desalinated water thus fully satisfies thirst.
