1 / 10

Endangered Species *African Penguin

Endangered Species *African Penguin . Kelsey Harris Ms. Anderson September 13,2010. African Penguin. Live mostly in south Africa. Need to live near water to survive Do not like cold weather, but enjoys warm/cool water. …. Information. About 68cm in length Weigh 2.1 and 3.7kg

boyd
Download Presentation

Endangered Species *African Penguin

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Endangered Species*African Penguin Kelsey Harris Ms. Anderson September 13,2010

  2. African Penguin • Live mostly in south Africa. • Need to live near water to survive • Do not like cold weather, but enjoys warm/cool water.

  3. …. Information • About 68cm in length • Weigh 2.1 and 3.7kg • Reach speeds up to 20km/h • 70,000 breeding pairs • Found only in Africa and Namibia • Cant be bread any where else because of climate.

  4. What they eat… • Anchovies • Pilchards (sardines) • Horse mackerel • Round herrings • Squid • Crustaceans

  5. Penguin appearance…… • Female appearance: • Smaller, shorter bills have more stripes on body • Males appearance: • Larger, heavier bills, always seen in pairs, they are never alone • Children appearance: • Not black and white yet, usually blue-grey with out the white face, or stripes.

  6. Picture of African Penguin on the Beach • Female penguin

  7. Why they’re endangered • Too much fishing on the African coast has cause penguins to travel farther to find food. • With less food for them, their babies are not surviving; which is causing a the drop in the population.

  8. What we can do to help these penguins • Breed the types of food they like to eat • Find other places for fishermen to fish • Stop fishing as often as they are

  9. Its up to you… • Do your part and help save these little penguins!

  10. Works Cited • www.bing.com • www.wikipedia.org/africanpenguin • www.about.com/africanpenguins

More Related