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PENGUINS. By Taylor Roberts. Fun Facts. Penguins CANNOT fly even though they have wings The fastest penguin can swim up to 22 mph! Their “tuxedo” skin is used to be camouflaged into the water to protect them from predators They don’t have teeth like humans do
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PENGUINS By Taylor Roberts
Fun Facts • Penguins CANNOT fly even though they have wings • The fastest penguin can swim up to 22 mph! • Their “tuxedo” skin is used to be camouflaged into the water to protect them from predators • They don’t have teeth like humans do • There are 17 different types of penguins
Penguins’ Diet • Penguins are carnivores • Penguins kill their own food • They eat things like: • Krill • Squids • Fishes
Penguins’ Habitat • Penguins are found almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere • where they catch their food underwater and raise their young on land • They live in colder areas • Penguins need the frozen weather to live
Types of Penguins • There are 16 different types of penguins • Each species belongs to a larger grouping of closely related species known as a genus • Most of them look alike but you can tell the differences between them • They are all related
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