Penguins, the Antarctic Wildlife

Why am I sharing this documentary?

Penguins have been one of my favorite animals ever since when I was little. The Emperor Penguins are especially cute and adorable within the species of penguins. The Penguins are living in Antarctica and the weather there is extremely cold, so I admire their courage to live there and wanted to know more basic facts about their living environment.

Summary of the documentary:

This documentary shows how Emperor penguins take care of their babies. The Emperor Penguins live in the South Pole and one of its features is that male penguins are often left "holding the baby" with starvation because the female penguins are out fishing for the whole family. The female penguins can be out fishing for two months!

In order to locate a partner, penguins "call" for each other. Once they find each other, the female and male penguins exchanged their offsprings and this process has to be done real quick because the chicks can be dead after staying too long on the ice. Then, the baby penguins can finally be fed properly.

Now, the male penguins can go search for food by themselves, but the ice edge may be several hundred kilometers away. So penguins have a faster way of moving: Gliding. From now on, both gender of the Emperor Penguins take turns traveling thousands of kilometers fishing.