Emperor Penguin

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Emperor Penguin

• By,
• Joseph Maguire,
• Ilya Krukovets,
• And Jaclyn DiIorio

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Appearance and habitat

• It is about 45 inches tall.
• It weights 70 to 90 pounds. It has yellow patches
  on upper chest and on each side of its head.
• It has a purple beak.
• It is the largest penguin
• It lives on Antarctic ice.
• They only live in Antarctica.

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Chicks and eggs

• The egg is incubated on the fathers feet.
• They lay eggs during the winter.
• The egg is laid in winter.
• It weighs about I pound.
• As soon as the egg is laid, the
• female passes the egg to the male
• and leaves for the sea to get food.
• The egg is kept on the fathers feet in his brood
  
• pouch until it hatches in 64 days.

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Interesting Facts

• It can dive nearly 900 feet.
• The tallest penguin.
• The emperor and king penguin are the best divers.
• They eat krill, small fish, and squid.
• Their enemies are the sea lions.

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