Penguin

 

        There are around 12 million penguins across the globe and their huge population is found in Antarctica. Emperor penguin is the largest penguin with height  of 3 feet 7 inch and little blue penguin is the smallest with just 16 inch height. Generally, penguins live the sea but they come on ice or land to lay eggs and live for a shorter duration. In some species male penguin hatch the eggs while the female penguins go for hunting purpose. Penguin can dive in the water up to 250m to get food whereas female emperor penguin can dive up to 535m. Gentoo penguin is the species which can swim fast with a speed of 35km per hour. Generally, the life span of an emperor penguin is around 20 years but the little blue penguin may lives only up to 6 years. Research says that penguins have been living on earth some million years ago i.e. penguins are surviving even after extinction of dinosaurs. Penguins remove all their feathers from their body in one go than in comparison to other birds which take few weeks or months. In Antarctica penguins can be found in good numbers but in other places climatic change has decreases their population.