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-They are at the bottom of the Antarctic food chain.
-They are floating forms of organic life or algae.
-They are eaten by krill. |
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-They are crustaceans like a small shrimp.
-They are the key species in the Antarctic eco system.
-They are eaten by fish, squid, penguins, sea birds seals and baleen whales. |
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-Squid are related to the octopus.
-They are food for larger penguins, sea birds, toothed whales, seals and fishes. |
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-They eat fish, squid, sardines, anchovies, smaller penguins and krill.
-They can be eaten by leopard seals and killer whales. |
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-They are one of the largest seals.
-They eat penguins, krill, squid, and sea birds and are known to even eat baby seals. |
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They eat many different creatures.
Penguins, plankton, leopard seals, fish, squid, polar bear and more.
They are sometimes hunted by people. |
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Is the most common penguin in the antarctic.
They build their nests on tiny pebbles.
They are black and white in color. |
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Lives in the Antarctic.
Is the largest of all of the penguins.
The male sits on the egg for four months.
Is black and white with yellow around the face. |
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This is the second largest of all the penguins.
They live North of the Antarctic.
They have a yellow-orange patch on their chests and a greyish black back. |
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This is the largest of the six species of crested penguins.
They have orange, yellow and black crests on top of the head.
They live south of the Americas and Africa. |
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They live on the equator.
They are the most northerly of the penguins.
They are primarily black and white with a horseshoe marked front. |
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They are the most numerous penguins in the world.
They live in the sub-Antarctic Region and Antarctic Peninsula.
They live mostly on large icebergs.
Most likely to fight other penguins. |
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They are a crested penguin.
They are the smallest of the crested penguins.
They are named rockhoppers because they hop over rocks and crevices on shore.
They live o most of the islands in the Antarctic Region. |
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They are another of the crested penguins.
They live in New Zealand and only nest on the Snares Island.
These penguins have a heavier and thicker bill with white skin at the base of the bill. |
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They are the smallest of all penguins.
They have indigo blue and slate gray colored feathers.
They live on the coast of Southern Australia. |
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They are black above and white below with a black chin and face patch.
They are the only ones to breed in Africa.
They have had a significant decline in population. |
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They live on the Antarctic Peninsula.
They have reddish, orange bills, orange feet, and a black and white body.
They are ground nesting birds, making their nests of stones, sticks, grass and feathers. |
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These are the most timid of the crested penguins.
They breed in the rain forest of New Zealand.
They have a bright yellow crest starting at the base of the bill, going over the eyes and down the back of the head. |
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They are only found in New Zealand subantarctic region.
They breed on the rocky coasts.
These are the only crested penguins that can raise and lower the crest feathers. |
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They live along the Pacific Coast of South America.
Their eyes are reddish brown, the bill is a little longer than the bill of the Magellanic penguin. And, they have black and white coloring on their body.
This species is greatly affected by changes in weather, like an El Nino. Which causes temperature changes in the water causing a decrease in the production of phytoplankton. |
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They are one of the rarest of the penguin species.
They live in the most southern part of New Zealand.
They are the least social of the penguins. |
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They are only found around South America and the Falkland Islands.
Their heads and upper body are black with two broad white stripes under the throat as well as behind the cheeks and over the eyes.
Their population has been decreasing since the 1980's due to the rise in commercial fishing for squid and finfish. |
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