" Aptenodytes forsteri"
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Kingdom: Animalia
Characteristics that place it here:
Heterotrophic
Multicellular
Lacks rigid cell walls
Bodies are made of cells organized in tissue
Most animals are diploid
Most of the animal are developed in distinctive stages
Phylum: Chordata
Characteristics that place it here:
Bilateral system
Complete digestive system
Segmented body
3 germ layers
Ventral hearts
Hollow nerve cord
Class: Aves
Characteristics that place it here:
Horny break
No teeth
Muscular stomach
Feathers
Strong Stomach
Hard shelled eggs
Order: sphenisciformes
Characteristics that place it here:
Skilled swimmers
Stiff flippers
Bones are solid
Breeds on shore
Spend most of 80% of their lives in the ocean
Thin form from there wings
Family: Sphenisciformes
Characteristics that place it here:
Mate and nest throughout court ships
Black back and white breast
Some fossils are almost the size of humans
Use flippers like wings
Use webbed feet as rubbers
On snow or ice, they toboggan on their stomachs to walk
Genius and Species: Aptenodytes forsteri
Characteristics that place it here:
Found in Antarctic regions
They spend 10 months in the Antarctic, and 2 months in an unknown location.
The ice that they live on was naturally formed in the sea
They do not fly
Feed on small fish and crustaceans
When they leave the north, they come back to the same place years and years after
Chicks have grey backs and white fronts
They stand about 72 cm tall and weigh about 3.5 to 5 kg.
White on the front and throat but have a black back.
A thin band of black plumage runs from one side of the head to the other, right below each reddish eye and unites under the bill.
Underneath these feathers, a thick layer of fat or blubber also serves as storage for energy.
The eggs are hatched by both parents in shifts of 5 to 10 days.
At 50 to 60 days of age, after molting, the chicks finally go to sea
Penguins in general communicate through complex ritual behaviors that include head and flipper waving, calling, bowing, gesturing and preening.
Their principal predator is the leopard seal
you find them on the South Shetland Islands
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My Poem The Emperor Penguin Lives mostly in the sea The only time they come out, is when they have to breed. Their black and white, with an orange beak
Their feathers are so soft, there almost sleek.
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Animal Diversity Web
"Emperor Penguin." 2004. University of Michigan. 11 Feb 2004. <http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html>.
Interview
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Fiore, Carrie M. "Animal Kingdom." . |
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