Emperor penguins in zoo and history

The penguins were some of the first animals in the earth this is around 60 millions years ago, now they can’t fly but millions of years ago they could, now their wing turn into a accessory for a better swimming, they can swim over 30 miles per hour, and leap put of water almost 7 feet. From the very begging they exist, they where living in Antarctica, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and as far north as the Galapagos Islands. Emperor penguins are one of the two types of the seventeen kinds of penguins that are native to Antarctica. They live mainly in water and come on land to mate and breed. (¨BBC news, Pourly penguins in zoos¨)

Penguins are one of the most popular attractions in zoos, this make penguins one of most favorites for kids, the problem of having penguins in zoos is that they get sick and die easily. The cost of having penguins in a zoo is one of the higher and they need a lot of medical and environmental cares. United Stated is the country with most penguin’s zoos or aquariums there are seventeen dispersed around the whole country. Saint Louis Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the world it is located in Missouri, USA and it has several penguins species such as, Emperor Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, and Humboldt Penguin. But the affirm that the harder to take care is Emperor penguins. The bad news for some penguins is that some zoos are not well designed for being an habit, they don’t have enough space or the water isn’t as cool as it should be. (¨Lincon park news¨)

Penguins around the world have been changing and adapting to new habits but now they need to adapt to zoos this could change some characteristics and way of life for penguins.

MLA:

Source:1

Peter Simpson. "BBC News - New Zealand: Poorly Emperor Penguin Moved to Zoo." BBC - Homepage. BBC News, 24 June 2011. Web. 01 Sept. 2011. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13900042>.

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Anonymous. "King Penguin." Lincoln Park Zoo. Lincon Zoo. Web. 01 Sept. 2011. <http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/factsheet/king-penguin>.

Emperor Penguins Way of Reproduction

The emperor penguins are mostly the biggest penguins around the world, and the reproduce in a special way. The penguins need eight years to have a sexual mature. In the sexual act the penguins start making sounds and inter chancing sees, most of the times the male star with the communication. The emperor penguins are a monogamous species because they just have relations with one partner. Some studios said that the female penguins return to the same male penguin each season for the rest of their life, the only event that can change this is if one of the couple dead.

The penguin’s nests are usually around eight to ten stones perimeter, just to prevent eggs to move and crash. The only different penguin that don’t make nest is the Emperor penguin that in cubed a single egg under there feet. The penguin’s eggs must be white or greenish.

The incubation is the process to have the egg ready to enter in real world, the penguin needs to warm the egg before it hatches, in the case of the emperor penguins the used to left the male penguin alone to incubate the egg while the female goes to the sea, after some weeks the female penguin return to see the egg hatch. During this process the male penguin loose the 45% of his mass.

The fist cause of egg fail is the dissertation of the male penguin, this occurs when the penguin loose the illusion to see the female penguin again.

 MLA:

Carl Walter. "Emperor Penguin at Animal Corner." Animals, Animal, Wildlife Animals, Rainforests, Pets, Farm Animals and Insects. Animal Corner, 21 June 2004. Web. 01 Sept. 2011. <http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/marine/penguins/penguin_emperor.html>.