Penguins Documentary | Wild Animals Life in Antarctica | Antarctic Penguins Full Documentary

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WHERE DO PENGUINS LIVE? You can find penguins in captivity in every continent, however all known species of penguins live naturally in the southern hemisphere. Contrary to general belief, Penguins do not live only in extremely cold conditions. Outside Antarctica, Penguins usually inhabit desertic regions and rocky islands where there are not a large number of land predators, so their incapacity to fly is not an issue. Their habitat range from the ice shelf on Antarctica, like the emperor penguin, to some temperate islands near the equator, like the Galapagos penguin. Also, there are penguins living in South Africa and Australia. The distribution could be viewed like this: King Penguin Subarctic islands, Tierra del Fuego, South Georgia Island. Emperor Penguin Antarctica. Adelie Penguin Ross Sea Region in Antarctica. Chinstrap Penguin South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, South Orkneys, South Shetland, South Georgia Island, Bouvet, Balleny and Peter Islands. Gentoo Penguin Falkland, South Georgia, Kerguelen, South Shetland, Heard and Macquarie Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. Little Blue Penguin Southern Australia, New Zealand, Chatham Islands and Tasmania. Some reports in Chile. Magellanic Penguin Southern cone of South America. Coastal south Argentina and south Chile including the Falkland Islands. Humboldt Penguin Coastal Peru and Chile in South America Galapagos Penguin Galapagos Islands African Penguin (Jackass Penguin) South western coast of Africa. Yellow Eyed Penguin New Zealand in the South-east coast of South Island, Foveaux Strait and Stewart Island and Auckland and Campbell Islands. Waitaha Penguin (Extinct) Used to live in New Zealand Fiordland Penguin Fiorland coast and Stewart Island/Rakiura Snares Penguin New Zealand on the Snares Islands. Southern Rockhopper Penguin The American Southern Rockhopper Penguin lives in the Falkland Islands and islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Indopacific Southern Rockhopper Penguin lives in islands of the Indian and western Pacific oceans. Northern Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhoppers breed on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island in the south Atlantic Ocean, with the remainder found on St Paul Island and Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean. Royal Penguin Inhabits waters surrounding Antarctica and breed only on Macquarie Island BASIC FACTS ABOUT PENGUINS Penguins are aquatic, flightless birds that are highly adapted to life in the water. Their distinct tuxedo-like appearance is called countershading, a form of camouflage that helps keep them safe in the water. Penguins do have wing-bones, though they are flipper-like and extremely suited to swimming. Penguins are found almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, where they catch their food underwater and raise their young on land. Staples: Krill, fish and squid. In general, penguins closer to the equator eat more fish and penguins closer to Antarctica eat more squid and krill. Population The penguin species with the highest population is the Macaroni penguin with 11,654,000 pairs. The species with the lowest population is the endangered Galapagos penguin with between 6,000-15,000 individuals. Range Penguins can be found on every continent in the Southern Hemisphere from the tropical Galapagos Islands (the Galapagos penguin) located near South America to Antarctica (the emperor penguin). Behavoir Penguins can spend up to 75% of their lives in the water. They do all of their hunting in the water. Their prey can be found within 60 feet of the surface, so penguins have no need to swim in deep water. They catch prey in their beaks and swallow them whole as they swim. Some species only leave the water for molting and breeding. Penguins are social birds. Many species feed, swim and nest in groups. During the breeding season, some species form large groups, or “rookeries”, that include thousands of penguins. Each penguin has a distinct call, allowing individuals to find their mate and their chicks even in large groups. Reproduction Mating Season: Varies depending on the species, though most breed during spring and summer. Incubation: Varies from 1 month-66 days depending on the species. Number of offspring: King and emperor penguins lay one egg. All other species of penguin lay two eggs.