Habitat
Penguins can found in the southern hemisphere on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands. They like to live on islands were they are isolated from land predators.Most penguins are
usually found near nutrient-rich, cold-water currents that provide an abundant supply of food.Depending on the species of penguin
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Breeding
Penguin colonies are breeding areas where large numbers of penguins gather to mate, breed, and raise their young. The largest penguin colonies, where hundreds of thousands to millions of penguins may gather, are located along the coast of Antarctica and on several Antarctic islands.These large colonies are called rockeries.Penguins always return to the colony where they were born.
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Behaviors
Penguins are among the most social of all birds. They like to play and swim.. Everything they do is in large numbers rarley ever alone. Penguins communicate through visual and vocal displays.These creatures have a navigation method of their own they use the position of the sun throught the day to navigate from land to sea. They also like to look good, they use grooming system called preening to fix their fethers to stay in prime condition for insulation and to ensure waterproofing,
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Threats
Why should these little innocent creatures have to go threw this? In the past years penguins have become endangered due to global warming, oil spills and many other unearth like problems. Global wariming has melting the ice caps were more than half the population of penguings live.The rockeries and icebergs were they breed have melted so they have to no where to breed or they have to wait longer into the season.
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Resources
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