What we know about penguins:
- they eat fish
- macaroni penguins have yellow on their heads
- penguins lay eggs
- penguins can swim
- they live in Antartica
- penguins have to keep their eggs warm
- they live at the north pole
- when the chick is big enough, the parents leave it alone and go fishing
- when baby penguins are 4 months old, they can look after themselves boy Emperor penguins are about 4 feet tall and females are smaller
- Emperor penguins are the biggest in the world
- Emperor penguins eat squid, fish, krill
- female penguins lay eggs
- female penguins spend most of the winter in the water, eating a lot
- the father has to stay with the egg
- he has to make sure the egg stays warm or else the chick will die
- they put the egg on their feet and tuck it under their tummy
they sit on their egg for two months until it hatches - she lays the egg in May or June, which is the start of winter in Antarctica
- the father penguin doesn't get anything to eat while he's egg-sitting, that's like us not eating breakfast or lunch or dinner or snacks
- they huddle to stay warm
they have fat under their skin to keep warm - if a spot is very slippery, penguins slide on their tummies but they are careful not to bump into each other because they still have the eggs with them
- when the dad penguin goes sliding, sometimes the egg rolls out and breaks
- one day the egg will crack open
- when the baby chick hatches, the Dad penguins has 2 jobs: keep it warm and feed it
a penguin chick is very small - the dad has a pouch to milky stuff to feed the baby until the mom comes home
- each penguin has their own sound
- the chick can make a whistling sound
- the mom penguin spits food into the baby's mouth and it looks yucky but the baby needs it
