" Antarctic: 2021/today - PINGUIN species ... Poster

No one can cut a smile if the cute bracelets wander or slide their bellies over the ice. As nasty as penguins appear on land, they move in the water virtually. There is also plenty of information about the animals that are endangered in their stock. There are 17 different penguin species - or 18, depending on whether you count the southern and northern penguins as their own species, as some experts do. Penguins are between 10 and 20 years old, depending on the species, and vary considerably in size and weight. Imperial penguins are the largest, the heaviest, the fastest. They live in the icy Antarctic and reach a maximum speed of fifteen kilometers per hour in the water. You can also stay underwater for up to 18 minutes and dive in depth up to 500 meters when hunting. Despite this extreme life, they can live up to 20 years. This superlative doesn't stop any other type of penguin. Penguins occur only in the southern hemisphere. The habitats of the various penguin species could not be more different in terms of climate, geography, and ecology. You can find penguins in the coastal waters of the Antarctic to the Galapagos Islands at the equator. They are also found in waters off New Zealand, South Australia, South Africa, Namibia, the Falkland Islands and the West Coast of South America. No other higher being lives as close to the icy South Pole as the imperial penguin. That is why, as the Bergmann rule teaches, he is the largest. Penguins live on land for at least three months of the year - and they seem awkward with their wobbling gear. Once a year, for example, the imperial penguins leave the sea and spend weeks hiking inside Antarctica to their breeding grounds. In order to save precious energy, they slide on the abdomen over ice whenever possible and push their fins forward. However, they are perfectly adapted to life in the water - their element - and they really turn up there. With their streamlined bodies and their powerful fins, they plow through the water in a virtual elegance and, without being able to repel anywhere, they can swim far to the ice from the water.