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	Penguin - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Another distinguishing feature of the king and emperor penguins is the presence of bright reddish or pinkish shields on the sides of their mandibles, and large orange or yellow patches on the sides of their necks.
		The emperor penguin breeds in one of the world's most inhospitable regions during one of the coldest periods of the year, laying and incubating its eggs in temperatures as low as -62° C (-80° F).
		The gentoo penguin raises its flippers and calls or bows in a manner peculiar to the male gentoo; the jackass penguin bows, shakes his head, and brays in a characteristic jackass-like call; and the courtship display and clear trumpeting of the king penguin are specific to that species.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761576981__1/Penguin.html (1659 words)

	Penguin - MSN Encarta
		The emperor penguin is unusual in that it returns to its breeding colony on the ice of the Antarctic continent between March and April, at the end of the Southern Hemisphere summer.
		Penguins typically nest on ground surfaces in open habitats, and their nests consist of a simple hollow among boulders or tussock grass, lined with a few stones or bits of vegetation.
		The crested penguins are unique among all birds in laying two eggs of very different sizes—the first egg laid is often less than half the size of the second, and it is the chick from the second egg that is most likely to survive.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576981_2/Penguin.html (1506 words)

	Penguin - MSN Encarta
		Penguins are grouped into 17 (or in some classifications, 16) species and 6 genera, most of which are found in Antarctica and on subantarctic islands.
		The largest species are the emperor penguin, which may attain a height of more than 120 cm (48 in), and the king penguin, from 91 to 97 cm (36 to 38 in) in height.
		Whereas most birds shed their feathers and grow new ones during a relatively long period of the year, penguins moult all of their feathers and, in some species, even shed the shields from the beak within a short space of time.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576981/Penguin.html (1197 words)

	Penguins - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Penguins are insulated from the frigid ocean water by three layers of short, dense feathers and an underlying layer of fat.
		The gentoo penguin raises its flippers and calls or bows in a manner peculiar to the gentoo; the jackass penguin bows, shakes his head, and brays in a characteristic jackasslike call; and the courtship display and clear trumpeting of the king penguin are specific to that species.
		The gentoo penguin is classified as Pygoscelis papua, the Adélie penguin as Pygoscelis adeliae, the jackass penguin as Spheniscus demersus, the Galapagos penguin as Spheniscus mendiculus, and the Humboldt penguin as Spheniscus humboldti.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /penguins.htm (1668 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		The largest species are the king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonica, from 91 to 97 cm (36 to 38 in) in height, and the emperor penguin, A.
		In captivity the king and emperor penguins normally do not learn to pick up their own food, and after they have been taught to feed by strenuous forced feeding they must be fed by hand each day.
		The emperor penguin breeds in one of the world’s most inhospitable regions during one of the coldest periods of the year, laying and incubating its eggs in temperatures as low as −62° C (–80° F).
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/penguin.html (1447 words)

	King Penguins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		It is sometimes confused with the larger Emperor penguin.
		The King penguin lives on islands far to the north of the Antarctic continent where the Emperor penguin lives.
		The King penguin has orange ear patches that are a closed tear-drop shape; while the Emperor penguin has a yellow open ear patch shape.
	www.siec.k12.in.us /~west/proj/penguins/king.html (377 words)

	King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The King penguin was for some years ruthlessly killed by sealers for its oil and this wholesale slaugher resulted in the destruction of this immense colony.
		King penguins breed on many of the subantarctic islands between 46º and 55ºS. King penguins form colonies that range in size from less than 30 birds to hundreds of thousands of birds.
		King penguins have no nests and their eggs are incubated on the adults’ feet.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/kingpenguin.html (722 words)

	Penguins: King Penguins - Aptenodytes patagonicus
		King penguins have distinctive orange patches on either side of the head, which extend down and meet beneath the chin, where they become yellow and fade into the silvery-white breast plumage.
		King penguins make no nest, and instead lay a single egg of around 310g, which they hold on their feet for the entire incubation period of about 55 days.
		King penguins can live to over 30 years of age in captivity, and in the wild they normally return to the same site to breed throughout their life.
	www.penguins.cl /king-penguins.htm (955 words)

	King Penguins - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		King penguins do not build nests, instead they tuck their single egg under their bellies while resting it on their feet.
		At sea, the key predators of King penguins are the Leopard seals and Killer whales who wait beneath the surface near the shore for unsuspecting birds.
		King penguin colonies are established on beaches, valleys and glacial moraines free of snow and ice; they prefer level ground near the sea.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/penguins/king.shtml (607 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - King penguin
		While one king penguin parent is guarding the chick, the other parent makes a trip of up to 400km (250 miles) in search of food.
		Adult king penguins have yellow/orange comma-shaped markings on each side of the head and on the lower mandible of the beak.
		King penguins do not build a nest, although they do tend to stay in one area within the colony.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/160.shtml (467 words)

	King Penguins
		Second largest of the penguins, King penguins have an orange yellow patch on their chests and greyish fl backs.
		At present the population of King penguins is thought to be increasing throughout its range.
		King penguins diet consists almost entirely of fish with only a very few squid and crustaceans being eaten.
	www.adelie.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /species_notes/king.htm (492 words)

	King Penguin Biogeography
		King penguins are not evenly distributed over the Southern hemisphere; they only live where there is an adequate of food supply.
		King Penguins are found on the Antarctic ice barrier, Tierra del Fuego and on eight islands in the Southern hemisphere (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 99.
		Penguins lives in oceanic islands, or large isolated cold continents that are free from many predators that has no need to fly, therefore they have lost the ability to fly.
	bss.sfsu.edu /holzman/courses/Fall99Projects/penguin.htm (746 words)

	King Penguins by Jim Cornish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		King Penguins are the second largest species of penguin.
		However, the title of "king" isn't unfitting for the King penguin since it is the second largest penguin in the world, stading 95 cm tall and weighing about 15 kilograms.
		King penguins have a patch of bright golden-orange feathers on their neck.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/penguins_king.htm (240 words)

	Australian Antarctic Division - King Penguins
		King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breed on many of the subantarctic islands between 46° and 55°S. In 1993, the population of King penguins south of the Antarctic Polar Front was estimated at approximately 1.5million breeding pairs.
		King penguins are exceeded in size only by emperor penguins.
		King penguins form colonies that range in size from less than 30 birds to 100s of 1000s of birds.
	www-aadc.aad.gov.au /ten_facts/penguins/king.asp (415 words)

	King Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The king penguin is the second largest standing at about 3 feet tall and weighing about 40 pounds.
		The king penguins feed only every 14 days, so they lose half their weight in between feedings.
		King penguins are white-bellied and fl-bodied with a dark head, an orange oval along the side of the face and a yellow patch at the top of the breast near the base of the neck.
	expage.com /page/kingpenguin (221 words)

	King Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin at about 90 cm (3 ft) tall and weighing 11 to 15 kg (24 to 33 lb), second only to the Emperor Penguin.
		King Penguins live on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of Antarctica, as well as Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and other temperate islands of the region.
		However, unlike the Emperor Penguin, the King Penguin lives in rookeries on land that is free of ice for much of the year and, as most colonies are on beaches, King Penguins do not need to travel as far over land as their larger cousins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_Penguin (786 words)

	Falklands Penguins
		The Gentoo Penguin is scattered in small colonies throughout the Islands which are the second most important breeding centre in the world for this species, resident year round and restricted to close inshore at all times.
		The Rockhopper Penguin is noisy, quarrelsome and the smallest penguin breeding in the Falklands.
		The Magellanic Penguin is a summer resident (population estimated at 100,000 pairs) which arrives to breed in the Islands in September.
	www.falklands-nature.demon.co.uk /penguins/penguins.html (981 words)

	Penguins
		The yellow-eyed penguin is confined to the New Zealand region and is one of the rarest of penguins.
		It covers this species of penguins from the mating, incubating of eggs (in spring), to the hatching of chicks (in summer), to life at sea (in autumn), until their return the next spring.
		Note on the calendar the months penguins spend at sea, months they spend on shore, number of months of birth process, and number of months before their chicks are ready to go to sea.
	www.libsci.sc.edu /miller/penguins.htm (2967 words)

	NATURE. Critter Guide. Penguin. \| PBS
		Penguins are easy to identify with their stout, waddling bodies and fl-and-white feathers.
		Because of the size of these seabirds (the king penguin weighs roughly 30 pounds while the emperor weighs up to 90 pounds), penguins used to be killed for their meat and eggs.
		In the warmer climates, penguins remain cool by staying in the water.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/critters/penguin.html (282 words)

	General Facts And Information on Penguins
		The penguin also keep their feathers well oiled with frequent preening and an oil gland at the base of the tail.
		Since the penguins are not waterproof while they are molting, they do not go to sea, and do not eat, during this time.
		Warm climate penguins have exposed areas of pinkish skin on their faces and legs and feet.
	www.eliasdesigns.com /penguins/general.htm (603 words)

	Michael King - Penguin Group (New Zealand) Authors - Penguin Group (New Zealand)
		Michael King had a doctorate in history from the University of Waikato and an honorary doctorate in literature from Victoria University.
		Following the family funeral for King and his wife Maria Jungowska in Auckland, a memorial service was held at the marae at Te Papa in Wellington attended by the Governor-General.
		King's view of New Zealand is never neutral, but nor is it extreme.
	www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000017621,00.html (604 words)

	PENGUIN SHIRT /& PENGUIN T SHIRT/ PENGUIN T SHIRTS : CafePress.com
		You could see the penguins here every evening and morning, but they weren't in cages or in small pools, the sea was their playground and it is a sight we would definitely recommend to anyone.
		The emperor penguin is the largest of all living penguins, standing 1.1 m (3.7 ft.) and weighing 27 to 41 kg (60-90 lb.).
		Penguins have a variety of bill shapes which are used to capture fish, squid, and crustaceans.
	www.cafepress.com /emperorpenguins (3732 words)

	Penguin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These fossils prove that prehistoric penguins were already flightless and seagoing, so their origins probably reach as far back as 65 million years ago, before the extinction of the dinosaurs.
		Penguin ancestry beyond Waimanu is not well known, though some scientists (Mayr, 2005) think the penguin-like plotopterids (usually considered relatives of anhingas and cormorants) may actually be an early sister group of the penguins, and that penguins may have ultimately shared a common ancestor with the Pelecaniformes.
		Penguin is thought by some to derive from the Welsh words pen (head) and gwyn (white), applied to the Great Auk, which had a conspicuous white patch between the bill and the eye (although its head was fl), or from an island off Newfoundland known as "White Head" due to a large white rock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penguin (1865 words)

	CNN.com - Nature - Penguin world depends on perfect timing - December 22, 2000
		To provide newborn penguin chicks with the vital nutrition that they need to begin life, a male king penguin will store food in his belly for up to three weeks, according to a study published in the Dec. 21 issue of Nature.
		King penguins alternate in assuming the task of the hatching of a single egg, Le Maher explained.
		If the male king penguin is delayed in his search for food and he misses that window of time, he will digest the food for his own needs.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/NATURE/12/22/king.penguins.enn/index.html (611 words)

	King Penguin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The king penguin, second in size only to the huge emperor penguin, is one of the biggest birds around.
		Swimming at speeds of 6 mph, king penguins use their wings as flippers to fly through the water, and then hop out onto the rocky shore.
		King penguins do not build nests, but tuck their single egg under their bellies while resting it on their feet!
	www.pbs.org /kratts/world/ant/penguin/index.html (176 words)

	King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica)
		King Penguins hunt in groups; this way experience can be gained from the older animals, who know where to find the prey.
		It is hard for a penguin to secure a place for himself and his mate, due to the crowding of thousands, sometimes even a million birds in the colony..
		The breeding areas of King Penguins are restricted to sub-Antarctic islands where the temperatures rarely exceed 10°C. In winter, the adults probably travel south towards the Antarctic pack-ice.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/birdlife/king_penguin.html (815 words)

	King penguin
		The second-largest penguin species, similar in appearance to Emperor Penguin, but their ranges do not usually overlap.
		At sea, King Penguins are usually found in ice-free waters.
		King Penguins are specialised on pelagic fish, in particular laternfish of the species Electrona carlsbergi, Kreffichthys anderssoni and Protomyctophum tenisoni, which can make up over 99 % of the diet.
	www.penguinworld.com /types/king.html (328 words)

	KING PENGUINS
		King Penguins' backs are covered with grayish fl feathers and have a jet fl head, as shown in the picture at the right.
		King penguins have an orange splotch on the lower bill of their beak.
		Mating season for King penguins is during the summer and the actual raising of the penguin chick can take more than a year to raise by the parents, this causes the King Penguin species Reproduction to be slowed to about two thirds the speed of the other penguin species.
	home.earthlink.net /~rockhopperpenguin/King.htm (674 words)

	The Edge of Memory - Michael King - Penguin Group (New Zealand)
		Michael King investigates a mystery that had engaged his extended family for over half a century.
		As King notes, most stories are based on one of only two plots: somebody goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town.
		'Anyone with an interest in their own family history will marvel at the way that King can assemble a family tree out of names that were all but forgotten, and then put flesh back on their bones and fill the air with their noise.' NZ Herald.
	www.penguin.co.nz /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780143018155,00.html (321 words)

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