Never watched the movie Madagascar? Animated films that could attract the attention of children with stories about the animals in one of the zoo. Among the characters the story, there are 4 penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private and Rico) is so funny. Thus made a series of animated films about 4 penguins of "The Penguins of Madagascar".
Penguin is loved by every person in this world. The color is black and white as if wearing a tuxedo, following a unique way of course, who would not fall in love?
There are 13 facts you need to know about penguins because of its uniqueness. What are they?
1. There are 18 species of penguins in the world. While some species are grown, 13 of their declining population. Moreover, the threat of global warming on polar ice melt more aggravating circumstances penguins at the poles.
2. Penguin is found only in the southern hemisphere. While most people only associate with the penguins of Antarctica, indeed the population can be found also in South America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
3. North penguin species is the Galapagos penguin, which lives year-round near the equator.
4. Penguin lost the ability to fly millions of years ago, but the wing fins like a strong and lean body makes them swim so great, in fact they are a species of bird that has been named as the fastest swimmers and divers deepest.
5. When swimming, penguins will leap above the water surface. Fur coats they have tiny bubbles that reduce friction, and allow them to swim as fast as 20 miles per hour (32 kph).
6. Penguin including carnivorous bird or animal. Their food of different variety of marine animals, including fish, squid, shrimp, and other small animals.
7. Penguin eyes work better underwater than they do on the mainland. Sekeruh even any water, they can still see their prey.
8. Emperor penguins (Emperor) is the largest of the penguin species and can weigh up to 90 pounds (45 Kg). Fairy penguin is the smallest and weighs only 2 pounds.
9. Yellow eye penguin believed to be rarest penguin species, population about 5,000 birds live. They can only be found along the southeast coast of New Zealand and nearby islands.
10. Penguins are social birds that form colonies, and usually wear a numbering system in each offspring. So they had a census system understood only by them alone.
11. Emperor penguins and king penguins do not build nests. When they will spawn hatched by the foot and held it to keep warm because the skin on the bottom of the body called 'brood pouch'.
12. Emperor penguin males will incubate their eggs for two months in the winter without eating while the females are at sea. During that time, they live off fat reserves and may lose half their body weight. When the female returned the child as soon as hatched, the male penguin now turn to go looking for food.
13. Depending on the species, a wild penguin can live 15-20 years. During life, penguins spend 75 percent of the time he was at sea.
