Penguin (Penguins)
Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
- umum
- 16 km/h
- Pemula
- Terancam punah
Marches through blizzards to deliver your messages. The ultimate cold-weather courier.
- Populasi
- roughly 256,000 breeding pairs (~500,000 mature individuals), declining
- Habitat
- Antarctic pack ice and fast ice, foraging in adjacent open ocean
- Fakta menarik
- The only bird that breeds through the Antarctic winter — males incubate a single egg on their feet under a brood pouch for about two months in temperatures as low as -60°C without eating.
- Sebaran
- Found around coastal Antarctica, breeding on stable sea ice.
- Makanan
- fish (especially Antarctic silverfish), krill, and squid
- Ukuran
- 1,15 m
- Masa hidup
- 18 tahun
