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By BETTY DEBNAM from The Mini Page by Betty Debnem C 1992 Universal Press Syndlcete

A Cool Thought

Think Penguins Look in your

\) newspaper. What will the highest temperature be today?

It's summertime here.

l' It's wintertime there! This is the South Pole, or Antarctica. This is where the emperor penguin lives all year long. The temperature there can be as low as -70 F.

A papa looks at the egg he is to hatch. It's about ready to hatch at Sea World of California. The penguins are kept in a special display where the temperature is about 28 degrees. Emperor penguins are the biggest penguins of all. They can grow to be 4 feet tall.

If you want a frosty thought to cool you off, think emperor penguin pops.

Right now there are thousands of. brave little fellows huddled in the dark in Antarctica. .

They are sitting on the eggs their mates laid. Right after the females lay their eggs, they leave and head for the open sea.

The penguin fathers sit on the eggs for about eight weeks before they hatch. During that time they don't eat one bite! They lose up to half of their body weight.

Sometimes the temperature drops as low as 70 degrees below zero. Strong winds blow.

Just before the chick hatches, a fat mom returns to the rookery, or nesting grounds (except there are no real nests - emperor penguins don't build nests).

i It's Dad's turn to head for the sea to ~ get his first meal in I nearly three months. J He soon comes i back to help guard I the chick and bring

. { in food. He's a real cool pop!

Sources: Sea World of Florida and Sea World of California .

Penguin parents feed their chicks by forcing up almost digested food from their stomachs. A baby chick can eat as much as 2 pounds of food in an hour.

When a baby chick gets cold, it can snuggle in and be covered by a flap of skin that is between its parent's feet.

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Meet Gary Gray Jr. "The Cosby Show" was one of the

most popular shows on Tv. Gary Gray Jr. was one of the lucky kids to have a part. He played Nelson Tibideaux, the Huxtables' grandson.

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Mini Spy. • .~ Mini Spy and her friends are visiting the penguins at the National Aquarium. See if you can find: h~:e~"F.~==:r:=:=:r=:r=I~~~9 • ruler

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Gary, 5, won a local baby contest at 3. He has been a model since he was 3 112. He has also worked in commercials.

He is from Chicago and has a sister, Ebony, 11. He also has a poodle named Cash.

Gary has been reading since the age of 2. He does very well in math.

His hobbies include dancing, singing and watching videos. His favorite performer is Hammer.

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~~~O ~ ~oU~ PENGUINS T:'~~N Words about penguins are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward and diagonally. See if you can find: PENGUIN, BIRD, FEATHERS, SWIM, DIVE, BLACK, WHITE, WINGS, EMPEROR, FISH, ANTARCTIC, ICE, SNOW, COLD, EGGS, WADDLE, SLIDE, SPECIES, ENDANGERED.

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Meet the puffin The puffin ...

• is a type of seabird that lives for months at sea.

• is able to fly and swim. It can flap its wings about 350 times a minute. It flies about 50 miles per hour.

• eats small fish that it catches by diving underwater.

• is called the "parrot of the sea" because of its colorful beak.

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April it returns to rocky islands off Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and other parts of the north Atlantic. There it breeds and raises its chicks.

• makes its nests in rock crevices or .. on soft ground. It keeps the same mate ~ and nest each year. Only one egg is i laid each year. ...

• was almost killed off in the United 1 'E

States by hunters in the 1800s. The ~ population increased after puffin @

hunting was outlawed. Today there are 1 about 15 million puffins around the ~ world. i

• has fluffy down under its thick top feathers. The down keeps the skin warm and dry.

• has webbed feet. • spends the winter on the open

waters of the north Atlantic Ocean. In

Puffins are different from pengUins. Puffins live in the Northern Hemisphere and penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere. Unlike the puffin, penguins have small wings and cannot fly. The penguin also does not have a colorful beak.

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A Cool Thought: Think Penguins Western

We have shaded the areas where penguins live.

There are 17 different kinds of penguins. Not all of them live in the cold Antarctic. Some live much farther north.

These Magellanic penguins live outdoors at Sea World in California. Some penguins are able to live in warmer climates. Magellanic penguins can be found on the coast of South America. They are able to survive because they can find the food they need in the cold water offshore.

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Rockhoppers are black and white but have streaks of yellow feathers above each eye. This rockhopper lives in the Penguin Encounter at Sea World of Florida.

Rockhoppers can be found off the coasts of South America, South Africa and New Zealand. Unlike most penguins, the rockhopper hops rather than waddles. Rockhoppers can jump as high as 4 feet out of water. They can jump as far as 6 feet on land.

The Adelie and the emperor are the two types of penguins that nest only in Antarctica.

The popular idea of what a penguin looks like comes from the cute little Adelie. This friendly and curious bird is very athletic. It can jump up to 6 feet out of the water.

BEFORE YOU REA', STO' AN' THINK: WHAT

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• Penguins are birds that can't fly - but they almost do, underwater! They can

swim as fast as 15 miles per hour.

They have: • flipper-like small wings. • webbed feet. • streamlined bodies . • more feathers than most birds.

These feathers overlap like roof shingles to keep them warm and dry.

• bones that are heavier and more solid than most birds.

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• Most penguins spend much of their time in the water. Only a few come

ashore every night. Others stay at sea for months. They

come ashore only to breed in large colonies called rookeries. They sleep in the water.

• Penguins swallow prey whole that they catch with their strong bills. They eat squid, fish and krill. Krill are small,

shrimp-like animals that swim in the cold waters.

THE EM'EROR 'ENCUIN CAN "VE '00 FEET UN'ERWATER. A FOOTBALL FIELI

MEASURES tOO YAR'S tONC. HOW MANY FOOTBALL FIEt,S WOULI YOU

STACK EN' ON EN' TO CET ... THAT 'E'TH?

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Teacher's Guide

For use by teachers and parents at home and at school. For use with issue: Think Penguins Main idea: This issue is about penguins. The following is a list of activities to be used with this issue. They are listed in order of difficulty. Ask the children to do the following:

1. Draw a picture of a group of penguins in Antarctica. 2. Look through your newspaper for photos or ads about animals. What

kinds of animals do you see? What are they doing? 3. Have you ever seen a penguin? If so, where was it and what did it

look like? How are emperor penguin fathers different from other animal fathers? What do you think it would be like to live in Antarctica? How do you feel reading about cold Antarctica on a hot summer day?

4. Pretend you are a male emperor penguin. Write a letter to your mate telling what life is like.

5. Write a' poem about a penguin. 6. Measure your height. How do you compare in size to a grown male

emperor penguin? 7. Do more research on a type of penguin you find interesting.

(Note to Editor: Above is the Teacher's Guide for Issue 32.)

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Supersport: Wade Boggs Height: 6-2 Birthdate: 6-15-58 Weight: 197 Birthplace: Omaha, Neb.

Boston Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs is in his 11th year with the team.

Last year Wade was second in the major leagues with a .332 batting average.

He led the American League with 25 intentional walks. He tied for fourth in the league with 42 doubles.

He had a total of 52 extra-base hits and eight home runs. In one game against the Oakland i(s, he had five hits and three doubles.

He also has a team-high six games with four or more hits. He was in his seventh-straight All-Star Game. Wade is involved with the Multiple Sclerosis Society. He and his

wife have three children.

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