Penguins

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Penguins
Mrs. Budde Ms. Engers 2nd Grade Class2004
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Even though penguin food does not sound yummy to
us, it is yummy to them. Penguins feed on shrimp
and krill. They get the food at sea. Penguins
share the food with their babies. The mother
throws up the food into the babys mouth. Father
penguins wait for two months without food.
Penguins are close to being extinct because
people are putting mercury in the water. -Viola
and Alicia
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Different penguins have different beaks. The
penguins beaks look like half a banana. They
have different colors like red, orange, black, or
two colors. The emperor penguins beak is about
four inches long. Penguins use their beaks to
get fish and krill from the water. Without their
beaks they wouldnt eat. -Kaylee and David
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Penguins can live in very cold weather. In the
summer it is 20 degrees below 0. In the winter
it is 70 degrees below 0. Antarctica is the best
place for a penguin to be because it is cold and
penguins can live in cold weather. If we spent
more than 10 minutes in Antarctica we would get
frostbite. -Erich and Malik
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Penguins have many enemies like skuas and leopard
seals. Leopard seals wait underwater for
penguins and they live on icebergs. Skuas roam
around looking for eggs. Killer whales are the
biggest penguin enemies. Penguins have many more
enemies like lizards, sea lions, and sea eagles.
-Molly and Jon
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Explorers are great people but exploring costs a
great amount of money. A dangerous thing about
being an Antarctic explorer is that your ship
could freeze in the ice. Leopard seals can also
attack people. The things we know about icebergs
are that people can get trapped in between them
or camp on them. The Drake Passage is a famous
explorer route. The Drake Passage goes northwest
of Antarctica. Explorers explore land, bodies of
water, and animals. Explorers bring back a lot of
information so we can learn. -Alejandro and Amanda
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Penguins, unlike other birds, have solid bones so
they cant fly. This helps penguins swim, float
low in the water, and dive deep. Penguins have a
short keel bone. Flying birds have a keel bone
that is strong and it pushes the muscle that
moves their wings. Penguins have flat
breastbones. Scientists found many penguin bones
a long time ago. -Abby and Emily
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Penguins have many different calls. Contact
calls are used to find each other at sea. Each
time penguins mate they find a new partner. To
attract a female mate, most penguins use some
form of the ecstatic display. The threat call is
used to warn others about predators. All
penguins have different calls to find each other.
-Allison, Arlena, and Coved
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Penguins have webbed feet like little motors to
help them swim. Penguins feet are black,
webbed, and have three toes. Penguins use their
feet to swim, waddle, to hold the babies, and to
steer like other birds use their tail feathers.
They use their strong feet and their beak to get
out of the water on slippery ice. Penguins feet
are far back on their body, which makes them
waddle when then they walk. Penguins feet are
important to penguins because they use them to
hold their babies, to swim, and to grab on to the
ice. -Erika and Jorden
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Penguins have very little nest building material
because so few plants grow in Antarctica.
Emperor penguins do not make nests at all. They
hold their egg in a brood pouch. A pair of
Adelie penguins meet at their nests. Gentoo
penguins have rock nests. Magellan penguins have
holes in their nests and tall grass. Little
penguins lay two eggs in their nests. -Alex and
William
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On the tip of the baby penguins bill there is a
little tooth. The chick is too small to go out
to sea. The Emperor penguin can make only enough
milky stuff to feed his chick. As chicks grow
they begin to lose their fuzzy gray or brown
feathers. Chicks change into grownup
penguins. -Jim, Sarvia, and Bethany
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Penguins move in many ways. Tobogganing is when
penguins slide on their stomachs very fast.
Waddling is the way a penguin walks. Porpoising
is when penguins pop out of the water to
breathe while swimming. Waddling can be a funny
sight! -Austin
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Feathers keep penguins warm. Emperor chicks are
covered in downy gray feathers. Young penguins
push out the old feathers and grow new ones. This
is called molting. Penguins feathers are
waterproof and this makes them ready to swim.
Penguins feathers push out in the summer.
-Laralynn and Jamonie