EMPEROR PENGUIN

Francisco Calvo Valera 1ºAIES Saavedra Fajardo

FINAL PROJECT “Endangered Species”

Scientific name: Aptenodytes forsteri

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Class: Birds (but they can’t fly) • The largest penguin:

Weight : 20 to 45kg

Height: 120 cm.

Can live: 30 to 35 years

• Appearance:Multicolor pelage: Gray-blue on the backWhite and black in the abdomen Orange band around the earsClaws to grab the ice

• Food:  Squids, small fish  and crustaceans

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They require certain conditions to be able to move around, feed and reproduce.

They spend most of their lives in the ocean.

They spend the winter in Antarctica.

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Habitat : Antarctica Continent

1. The coldest and windiest continent2. Twice the size of Australia3. Situated over the South Pole

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Emperor penguins are hard to observe, but satellite pictures give us an estimate of around… :

200 thousand pairs!

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Main predators:

The leopard seal

Some birds who eat the chicksHuman impact on habitat :

Overfishing 

Oil spills

• Rising temperature

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Reduce carbon emissions to stop global warming. (e.g., walking or biking instead of driving)

Donate to charities to help preserve emperor penguin habitat

Adopt a penguin through WorldWildLife - WWF

References

http://www.emperorpenguins.net/characteristics.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120413-emperor-penguins-survey-antarctica-animals-space-science/

http://emperorpenguinmigraton.weebly.com/what-threats-do-emperor-penguins-face.html

http://www.defenders.org/penguins/threats