My favourite animal
I have many favorite animals, I couldn't choose one in particular, but this time I chose one of my favorite birds in the animal kingdom, the one that is marine and flightless, the penguins . 🐧 This animal is distributed almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, except for the penguin of the Galapagos Islands. Although they cannot fly, they are great swimmers, for this reason their fins have adapted to the aquatic environment, where they can reach up to 50 km / h. The tail helps them balance when walking on land, and they can also glide on ice to save energy. They are oviparous animals whose incubation period can last between 33 and 62 days. They communicate through their squawk, in this way they recognize each other, and they basically feed on fish and plankton. They generally live between 10 and 20 years in colonies where there may be thousands of specimens living together. They are almost the only birds that shed all the feathers on their body at the same time. One of my ...