FUN FACTS

Ad'elies, Chinstrap, and Gentoos all live in Antartica.

The largest is 2 and 1 half feet tall.

Gentoos are the gentlest and most timid of all three.

Gentoos swim the fastest; they swim 27 miles per hour.

They walk in lines.

Penguins each have their own very unique call.

They can't smell.

Penguins without eggs are called aunties.

The father lives on fat

They cannot walk fast.

They toboggan and slide on their bellies.

They go faster than 25 miles per hour.

The Emperor can dive 1500 feet.

The father incubates the eggs.

When the Penguins are incubating they eat snow to stay alive.

To get out of the water they swim toward the land and shoot up on to it.

When they dive deep they search for fish and squid.

Penguins see better in water than on land.

They can leap about 6 feet when coming out of water.