The Life Cycle of an Emperor PenguinCrabtree Publishing Company, 2007 - 32 páginas Emperor penguins are one of the very few species able to survive in the frigid Antarctic and the only species that stays there year round. Children will be fascinated by the journey taken by these birds to their annual breeding grounds and by the difficulties presented by having their young in the harshest conditions on the planet. The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin uses straightforward text and beautiful pictures to explain in detail - the roles of the fathers in hatching the eggs and caring for the newborns - the predators of emperor penguins - the survival skills emperor penguins need to live in the Antarctic |
Índice
What is a penguin? | 4 |
What is a life cycle? | 10 |
The emperors and the eggs | 16 |
Growing in a group 225 | 22 |
Long live the emperors | 28 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todo
The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin Bobbie Kalman,Robin Johnson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2006 |
The Life Cycle of an Emperor Penguin Bobbie Kalman,Robin Johnson No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2006 |
Términos y frases comunes
Antarctic habitat Antarctic Treaty beak birds blubber breeding ground brood pouch chick quickly chick's call chicks hatch chirp Colonies of emperor colony of penguins commercial fisheries Countershading crèche currently about 45 cycle eat emperor penguin embryo emperor penguins live Emperor penguins spend father penguin feathers help keep feed the chick find food fledgling Global warming huddle hunt and eat hunt penguins krill lay their eggs Leopard seals Male emperor penguins mate mature emperor penguin Mature penguins molt mother and father mother penguin find move onto pack need to survive newly hatched chick ocean to eat pack ice partners pass the chick penguin breathes penguin eggs penguin is mature penguin swims penguin warm penguins leave Penguins live mainly penguins travel predators Preening protect raise their chicks reach its breeding research stations rookery scientists Southern Hemisphere Southern Ocean stations in Antarctica stay warm study penguins summer tobogganing warm-blooded waterproof feathers wings