Emperor Penguin

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Emperor Penguin

• Aptenodytes forsteri

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Classification

• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Chordata
• Subphylum Vertebrata
• Class Aves
• Order Sphenisciformes
• Family Spheniscidae
• Genus Aptenodytes

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Reproduction

• After a male and female emperor penguin have a
  courtship for several weeks, the female lays a
  single egg then leaves for a fishing hunt.
• The males balance the egg on their feet for 65
  days straight until the females return.
• The brood pouch of the male keeps the egg warm
  during the eggs nesting.
• Emperor penguins reproduce sexually.

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Breeding!

• Most penguins leave in March which is when winter
  arrives.
• The only type of penguins that does not is the
  emperor penguin.
• The emperor penguins breed in the winter, unlike
  all the other penguins who breeds in the spring.

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Feeding

• As the young penguins grow, the parents leave the
  young in a crèche, groups of chicks, as they
  leave for fishing.
• Emperor penguins feed their young by
  regurgitating the food into the chicks mouth.
• An emperor penguins diet mainly consists of
  crustaceans, fish, squid and cephalopods.

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Habitat

• Emperor penguins live in colonies on packed ice
  in Antarctica.
• They breed on the ice edge of the Antarctic
  coast.
• Some rarely breed on land.

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Facts!

• Emperor penguins can dive the deepest of any
  bird.
• They can dive up to 565 meters.
• They can stay under water for up to 22 minutes.
• Because they are very strong birds, their
  strength makes them very good predators.

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Penguin Evolution!

• Birds of all types evolved from reptiles about
  150 to 200 million years ago during the time when
  dinosaurs still exists.
• Since this time a total of 150,000 species of
  birds is estimated to have inhabited the earth.

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Predators

• Leopard seals
• Large sharks

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Did you know

• that ice cliffs and icebergs provide shelter from
  harsh winds for emperor penguins?

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Video

• http//www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_fe
  ature/0101/penguins2.html

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Audio

• http//www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Media?idau00768
  5stemperorpenguins

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References

• Grizimek, Animal Life Encyclopedia. 1997.
• www.worldbookonline.com
• http//www.siec.k12.in.us/west/proj/penguins/empe
  ror.html
• http//www.emperor-penguin.com/emperor.html