Emperor Penguin

By:Caelyn Murdaugh

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Stats

Length: up to four feet

Weight: 45-90 pounds

Life span: about 20 years

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Habitat

• Emperor Penguins are only found in Antarctic ice packs and in surrounding oceans

• They live in packs of 500 to 2,000 penguins

• Specifically adapted to survive in the most inhospitable conditions on earth.

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Did you know?

• The emperor Penguin can dive up to 870 feet and stay under water for up to eighteen minutes.• On smooth icy slopes the• emperor penguin lies on its belly and slides across• During breeding season males wont eat from March until

July which is 110 to 115 days without food• Penguins have two dozen feathers per square inch.

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Food Source

• Emperor Penguins enjoy Fish, Squid and shrimp.

• Because of where they live they have very

limited predators which include Leopard

seals and Killer Whales.

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Habitat map

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Breeding

• Breeding season begins in march• A single egg is laid between May and July• The Male incubates the egg for 40 to 50 days • Female returns to the egg just as its about to

hatch.• The male then returns to the• sea to eat.• The breeding site is called • rookeries

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Works Cited• King, Judith: wild life fact file. Pittsburg, PA: International Masters Publisher, 1997

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