Everything to know about Emperor penguins!

The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes Forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.

Baby Penguin staying warm!

An Emperor Penguin can hold its breath anywhere up to 20 minutes, and dive over 550 meters (1,800 ft)^[

Emperor Penguins can grow up to 4 feet tall and weigh 100 pounds. They can live up to 20 years of age. You all know that penguins can’t fly right? Well, millions of years ago they could. Over the time, their wings turned into flippers so they can swim up to 30 miles per hour. They can also leap out of the water up to 7 feet high.

 

 

Emperor Penguins live in Antarctica, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and as for north as the Galapagos Islands. They are one of the two types of the seventeen kinds of penguins that are native to Antarctica. 

Run 4 your life dudes! Surf’s up!

The Emperor’s penguins dorsal parts are black with a white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. Like all penguins, it’s flightless with a streamlined body.

Dude, your killing yourself!

Penguins eat super big fish and squid and they drink the salty ocean water. When they eat they will push one penguin into the water from an ice float to see if he is eaten by a seal, if not they will jump in and eat.

Dinner time!!!!!!

The Emperor penguin lays it’s single eggs during the coldest time of the year, when temperatures drop to as low as-80º F and winds reach velocities of up to 112 miles per hour.

This is where some of the Emperor penguins live.

Penguins live all around the world including zoos. When penguins are captured to the zoo’s the penguins get really sick and then they die.