2007-03-12 11:59:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Unlike many animals, Antarctic penguins are lucky not to have too many predators and it's possible for them to die of old age, a rare occurence in nature. There's a female Emperor at DdU who was tagged 40 years ago, still coming and breeding every year. Adelie penguins have a life expectancy of 15 years or more. They don't tag penguins anymore because it's not very easy and it probably causes the penguin some trouble when swimming (the tag is a kind of arm-band). We often see bodies of Adelie penguins stuck in the ice or the mud, what they died of remains a mystery: old age, disease, exposure ?
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2007-03-12 12:05:40 · answer #1 · answered by Zyfert 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How Long Do Penguins Live
2016-09-30 02:58:14 · answer #2 · answered by beisch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average lifespan of penguins is probably 15 to 20 years. Some individuals live considerably longer.High mortality occurs among the young. Winter starvation may claim the lives of 50% of king chicks. Emperor chicks may experience a 90% mortality within the first year of life. When mortality affects one chick in species producing two offspring of moderate size differences, it is usually the smaller chick that does not survive
2007-03-12 12:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by joker222798 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
15 to 20 years on average
2007-03-12 12:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by irish eyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For most species, the average lifespan is 15-20 years although some individuals live much longer.
2007-03-12 12:04:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
5 million years they never die scientists have never found a dead penguin so sooner or later penguins will rule the world becouse they will grow to be over 100 billion penguins around the world and they will make that whole world below freezing with their hidden ineligence threy are hidding to make us think there not smart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@@@@@@@@
2007-03-12 12:03:33 · answer #6 · answered by Jonathan G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until they get eaten by a Leopard Seal or a Killer Whale. Those are there only natural predators I believe.
2007-03-12 16:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by Baragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as they should
2007-03-12 12:02:07 · answer #8 · answered by Stevie F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm guessing here, dog, but i'd say about 15 -20 years
2007-03-12 12:02:27 · answer #9 · answered by leroy_w_jackson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They live longer then dogs and shorter then dolphins
2007-03-12 12:01:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋