PENGUIN EMPEROR

Endure in the Arctic From Thousands of Years. One creature that can do that is the emperor penguin. Emperor penguin's life story has been filmed and played all over the world. There are many interesting things from the poles of this bird, but the weather can survive in Antarctica (South Pole), only the emperor penguins that has the greatest body form among the 16 species of penguins are spread across the world, and able to survive long diving at sea. Therefore, he was named penguin emperor which means king or emperor penguins. Emperor penguins discovered 100 years ago by Johann Reinhold Forster, an investigator of nature. The scientific name of this dark yellow feathered bird is Aptenodytes Forsteri, named after its discoverer. When winter came, the king of birds will lay eggs and hatch their children. That did not happen to other penguins. Why they can survive at a temperature cold? Emperor penguins have a circulatory system different and complicated. Blood vessels together and spun around each other, so catch cold blood hot blood surging from the heart. When the emperor penguins stand about 1 meter tall with a weight of 50 kg. They walked erect and slow down the speed of 2.8 km/hour. Their nails may turn into a sled down the slope when the iceberg. Penguin emperor also good at diving for fish and squid to depths of 870 feet under the chill of the sea ice. They also can swim as far as 1450 km, only to find food. In the winter between May and June, the king of birds will put their eggs in the ice of Antarctica. Almost 150,000 pairs of penguins that live there. The parent for 3 to 4 months should be incubating eggs. When it would waver seen huddled together, each keeping the eggs and baby penguins, from the cold snow. Although staying at the poles, does not mean that emperor penguins are not endangered his life. They are tasty killer whales, seals, giant sea birds and sea lions. Sea lions are the most dangerous predator, predators are able to take 15 penguins a day! However, he only caught a sick penguin and could not run fast course.That's the wild life, if the emperor penguins do not eat other animals, how many tens of thousands of penguins that will meet the continent of Antarctica?

Source: Mentari Magazine, Edition 289*)