World Penguin Day: 7 interesting facts about the aquatic bird

By: FPJ Web Desk | April 24, 2023

World Penguin Day is observed on April 25. On this day, let us remember and know the aquatic bird.

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(1) Penguins spend around half their time in water and the other half on land.

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(2) Penguins are flightless birds.

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(3) Most penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere. The Galapagos Penguin is the only penguin species that ventures north of the equator in the wild.

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(4) Penguins eat a range of fish and other sea life that they catch underwater.

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(5) King Penguins are the second largest penguin species.

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(6) The oldest penguin fossils are 62 million years old. That is only 3 million years after the dinosaurs disappeared from Earth.

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(7) Crested penguins have yellow crests, as well as red bills and eyes

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