Playful Penguin Pastimes -
Between staying warm, raising chicks, finding food and avoiding predators, a penguin’s life may not sound like much fun. But penguins have some playful pastimes — many of which are surprisingly similar to human hobbies!
Tobogganing: Penguins lie on their belly and toboggan through the ice and snow. This helps them move quickly.
Surfing: Penguins are often seen surfing through the waves onto land. It is also fun to dive into the water!
If you are a penguin your dinner will consist of seafood. A penguin’s main diet is fish, though they’ll also eat squid, small shrimplike animals called “krill” and crustaceans.
If you look closely at a penguin’s bill you’ll notice a hook at the end, perfect for grabbing dinner. They also have backward facing bristles on their tongues that help slippery seafood from getting away.
Penguins don’t live near freshwater — at least none that isn’t frozen. Instead they drink salt water. They have a special gland in their bodies that takes the salt out of the water they drink and pushes it out of grooves in their bill. A handy in-house filtration system!
Read more at: http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/penguins/facts9.htm
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