Adelie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae)

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Adelie Penguins(Pygoscelis adeliae)

• By Erica

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Fun Facts

• Adelie penguins are the smallest of the penguins
  living on Antarctica
• They look like little men in tuxedos, with their
  black tail-coats and white shirt-fronts
• Theyre about 28 inches tall and weigh 8 or 9 lbs
• These penguins were named after the wife of a
  French explorer from the 1830s

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Its The Flying Penguin!
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What they eat-and who eats them

• Adelie penguins usually eat krill, tiny
  shrimp-like crustaceans, and silverfish
• Adelies are visual feeders, by catching their
  prey in their mouths
• Their main predators are the skua, leopard seal,
  the sea lion, and the killer whale

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More Fun Facts

• Adelie penguins are amazing swimmers
• They can actually glide under the water, which
  makes it so hard for leopard seals to catch them
  while theyre swimming
• They can swim up to 15mph
• They cant really fly!!

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Habits

• Adelie penguins are a little lazy when it comes
  to walking down hills, or sides of mountains
• Instead of walking, they slide down it on their
  stomachs (below)
• Adults build their nests in the same place they
  were born and make them out of stones

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Behavior

• Adelies are very sociable, and thats the reason
  why they are usually in large groups
• Not only do they protect their own nests, but
  they also defend their colony
• Sometimes they even steal stones from other
  nests, for fun

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Some More Facts

• Before each breeding season, the adults each get
  a white ring around their eye
• Because of global warming, there is 30 less
  Adelies then there used to be many years ago
• There are usually half a million in a colony, and
  theres quite a few colonies in Antarctica
• They arent endangered at all, because of
• the Antarctica Treaty

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Where you can find them

• You can find Adelies mainly on the south coast of
  Antartica
• Or you can find them in the ocean, either
  swimming, or hunting for krill

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