In this article, we listed the most interesting and fun facts about penguins. The first of the penguin facts is that penguins are considered to be water birds even though they live on water and land.
37 Interesting and Fun Facts about Penguin
There are 17 species of penguins.
Penguins can drink both saltwater and freshwater.
Penguins reproduce by laying eggs.
Both penguin males and females help incubate the eggs.
Penguins only live south of the equator.
Some penguins mate for life.
¾ of a penguin’s life is lived at sea.
Penguins go onto land only to breed and molt.
Penguins can’t fly in the air but they can fly underwater.
Penguins protect themselves from the cold with layers of blubber and waterproof feathers.
Penguins can stay underwater for up to twenty minutes.
Penguins breed in colonies of up to 180,000 each.
Penguins always travel in groups.
Seals and killer whales are the penguin’s biggest threat to life.
Penguins make their nests out of stone.
Penguins have only one or two eggs in each brood.
Some penguins can go as far down as 1000 feet underwater.
Penguins can swim up to speeds of 25 mph.
Penguins look awkward on land because they walk erect.
Penguins start to breed for the first time when they reach four years of age.
There are only four penguin species that live in the arctic–all the rest live in the sub arctic.
Penguins eat fish, shrimp and other crustaceans.
The smallest species of penguin is the fairy–on average 16 inches high and weighing 2.2 pounds.
The emperor penguin is the largest penguin, weighing between 60 and 100 pounds.
Penguins have many ways to communicate with one another. Some of these are gesturing, waving head or flippers, bowing and preening.
The average length of the life of a penguin is ten years.
Penguins are warm-blooded just like all other birds.
Penguin facts show the penguin population to be around 100,000 birds world-wide.
The population of penguins is on the increase.
Penguins feed their young by regurgitating stored food.
A penguin may sleep for a few minutes at a time–any time of the day or night and in any position.
Early explorers who discovered penguins originally classified them as fish.
When penguins swim they leap out of the water every few minutes to breathe. This is called porpoising.
Penguins live in several places, including the Antarctic Circle, Australia, New Zealand, the shores of South America, and South Africa.
Penguins have very short legs.
Penguins can leap quickly from water to land if in danger.
Some penguin facts can be useful, such as penguins are not naturally afraid of humans but they don’t like being approached.
