Chinstrap Penguins

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Chinstrap Penguins

• By Matthew Grayton and Emily Duckett

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Contents

• Habitats
• Feeding
• Chicks
• Did you know?
• Hatching
• Mating
• Adaptation
• More adaptation
• Facts you might find interesting.

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Habitat

• The Chinstrap penguins habitat is normally
  Antarctica and the south sandwich islands. These
  places contain the following things
• Rocky islands
• ice fields
• icebergs.

Back
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Feeding

• Their habitats provide them with a variety of
  Fish. Such as Krill and Shrimp. The babies are
  fed the same.Back

Fraser the penguin
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Chicks

• Chinstrap Penguins lay two eggs at a time. Which
  are laid on a nest made of stones. Once in
  Central park zoo two chinstraps tried to lay a
  rock. The keeper then exchanged it for a real
  fertile egg.

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Did you know?

• Chinstrap penguins live for 15 - 20 years.
• There are 12 13 million chinstrap penguins in
  the world.
• There name comes from the thin line of black
  feathers under their chin.
• They are mainly eaten by leopard
• seals.

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Mating

• Chinstrap penguins mate in the summer and can
  take a long time to mate like all penguins do.
  They can also spend a year away from their mates.
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Hatching

• When born the chinstrap penguins are gray. It
  takes approximately 15 33 days for the babies
  to hatch. The babies huddle together as a group
  when 20-30 days old as they have no feathers to
  keep them warm. Until they are 20 30 days old
  they keep to the nest. Back

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Adaptation

• The chinstrap penguins have plenty of feathers
  which have adapted over time to fit with their
  habitat. Their beaks have also adapted so they
  are very good for picking up their food quickly
  in the cold sea. Back

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More adaptation

• They have blubber which helps them to insulate
  the cold.
• Also they have flippers to speed them up in the
  water.
• The blood vessels in their flippers and legs have
  evolved to help to preserve heat.
• To help to keep them dry they have tightly packed
  feathers.

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Facts you might find interesting.

• Chinstrap penguins can swim up to 5.3 miles per
  hour.
• They are the most aggressive penguin species.
• They have no sense of smell.
• They have the ability to leap in and out of the
  water (like dolphins). Back

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Quiz

• How old can a Chinstrap penguin live up to?
• 15-20 years.
• What type of fish do they eat?
• They eat shrimp and krill.
• How many chinstrap penguins are there in the
  world?
• 12 -13 million.

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