Information Report

Emperor Penguins

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Is it a flying bird? Is it a King penguin? Nope, it’s just an Emperor Penguin. This is all about the life of an Emperor penguin. Emperor penguins are birds without wings, they do not need wings because instead they have flippers. These penguins live in cold areas such as Antarctica. These birds are warm blooded so they do not get cold in winter. They are covered in feathers so they feel warm all the time.

Emperor penguins have White bellies and dark backs, they are camouflaged from their predators. The point of view of a predator of an Emperor penguins is that they look like the environment such as rocks, snow and maybe the water.  Predators can hardly spot these penguins because of the colours they have. Their necks are a light colour of yellow and orange, that is why sometimes they are spotted but the predators don’t look for their neck, just the bait. Emperor penguins are the largest species of penguin out of the whole penguin species.

Emperor penguins eat Krill, Squid, Silverfish and Crustacean. The emperor penguins  are afraid of Seals and Orcas. While they hunt they have an eye out for any predators, they are most likely to swim to an iceberg or some sort of land. Emperor penguins like to  look down into the water and spot their prey. Once they spot their prey they dive down or slide into the water and try to catch them.

The emperor penguins live in cold climate areas such as Antarctica, Africa and other parts of the southern hemisphere. These penguins are warm blooded so they do not get cold while in snow. Emperor Penguins live in: Australia, South America and the Galapagos Island but, they normally are spreaded in the Southern Hemisphere of Antarctica. Emperor penguins spend most of their lives in the water or on Ice.

Penguins love to socialise with the other penguins around them, but they are not so good with human beings like us. They don’t like many humans because of the hunting complaint that went down a few years ago. The breeding seasons go through out April - December.

Emperor penguin are penguins that love to play in the cold, they have dark backs, light bellies, they waddle on land, they socialise & Share and they eat Krill, Squid, Silverfish and Crustacean, They are afraid of Seals and Orcas because they will eat them if they are spotted. A lot of the penguins predators ate a lot of them, they were also hunted by humans so they nearly went extinct but, they were.


This week for writing we did a informational report on Penguins. First we filled out a planning frame, We had about 10 minutes to write one whole paragraph. After 10 minutes we have 7 minutes to talk to someone near us. We wrote about the appearance, Diet, Habitat and behaviour. We had 40 minutes to to use our notes to write our whole report, We had small cuts during the test to talk to a critical friend close to us.