Life of a Penguin?

Question

I need...
life cycle- life span, food, and habitat,
how they work as a team?
and sources...

please, i really need it for my research.
thanks!

Answer 1

My dad is a zoology major, so I know a little bit. Some penguins live in the arctic, and some penguins live in very hot places like chille. All penguins like fish, no matter what breed. They lay eggs, and the dad carries the the egg until it hatches. Even after that the dad still carries the newborn. To find out more, I would google "life of a penguin". Make sure not to go to wikipedia, because that info isn't always acurate, because anyone can edit those pages.

Answer 2

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of aquatic, flightless birds living exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.

Species and habitats
The number of penguin species has been and still is a matter of debate. The numbers of penguin species listed in the literature varies between 16 and 19 species. Some sources consider the White-Flippered Penguin a separate Eudyptula species, although today it is generally considered a subspecies of the Little Penguin (e.g. Williams, 1995; Davis & Renner, 2003). Similarly, it is still unclear whether the Royal Penguin is merely a color morph of the Macaroni penguin. Also possibly eligible to be treated as a separate species is the Northern population of Rockhopper penguins (Davis & Renner, 2003). Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Three species live in the tropics; one lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands (the Galápagos Penguin) and will occasionally cross the equator while feeding.

The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): adults average about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kg (75 lb) or more. The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin (also known as the Fairy Penguin), which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb). Generally larger penguins retain heat better, and thus inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are found in temperate or even tropical climates (see also Bergmann's Rule). Some prehistoric species attained enormous sizes, becoming as high as an adult human; see below for more.

Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend half of their life on land and half in the oceans.

When mothers lose a chick, they sometimes attempt to steal another mother's chick, usually unsuccessfully as other females in the vicinity assist the defending mother in keeping her chick.

Penguins seem to have no fear of humans, and have approached groups of explorers without hesitation.

You could get more information from the link below...

Answer 3

Go rent that movie called "The March of the Penguins". It's an excellent movie, and it will answer many of your questions. You can also look up Penguins on a search engine, like Google, and look at some of the websites for more information.

But you HAVE to see this movie! It's GREAT!

Answer 4

Try Wikipedia.

Answer 5

2 points. =]

Answer 6

Start at this site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguins