gentoo penguins

Papuan penguins are one of the largest flightless seabirds. They move faster than all their counterparts in the water. But it is simply impossible to look at their "races" on land without a smile. Birds are rather clumsy and walk, waddling funny from paw to paw. In addition, penguins often lie on their belly, push off with their paws and continue their movement, sliding on the ice surface. We invite you to get acquainted with these amazing animals and see them from a new unusual side - while jumping.

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1. Papuan penguins are inhabitants of the subantarctic islands. Most often they can be found in the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Kerguelen archipelago.

2. The average weight of males is nine kilograms, females - seven and a half. The height of adults ranges from seventy-five to ninety centimeters.

3. The birds are very interestingly colored - a snow-white abdomen, a dark gray or black back and a red-orange beak with a black end.

4. Paws can be all shades of orange.

5. Penguins spend most of their lives in the water and only occasionally go to land. In nature, there are no birds with a similar way of life.

6. By making helical movements with their front paws, penguins can reach speeds of up to thirty-six kilometers per hour underwater.

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8. Penguins dive to a depth of two hundred meters.

9. Genuine penguin nests are located in rocky, ice-free coastal areas.

10. Birds feed on small fish and krill.

11. In flight.

12. Penguins are often attacked by orcas and leopard seals. For chicks and eggs, seabirds are also dangerous.

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14. Both parents incubate the eggs for thirty-four days. The female usually lays two eggs at a time.

15. Only at fourteen weeks do little penguins begin to learn to swim.

16. Due to uncontrolled environmental pollution, the number of penguins is rapidly declining.

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19. Six gentoo penguins, along with Jim Carrey, took part in the filming of the film "Mr. Popper's Penguins."