African Penguin By Jessie

 The African Penguin lives on the coast of Africa and on nearby islands Habitat

 Weight  pounds  Size  27 inches tall  Color  Black with white stomach Description

 These penguins keep the same partner  1 penguin sits on the eggs and relies on the other for food.  They start breeding from 2-6 years of age  2 eggs are laid Offspring

 Fish  Krill  Squid Diet Penguin video

 These penguins are hunted by humans  Oil pollution is affecting these penguins too Predators Penguin from oil spill

 There are only about 72,000 pairs left  A reason why these penguins are endangered is because of uncontrolled harvesting of penguin eggs and guano scraping  African penguins are considered vulnerable Remaining population

 The zoos are taking them in for them to breed so the eggs don’t get eaten. How we are protecting them now

 The African penguin sounds like a donkey  In the 1900s there were 2 million penguins  Penguin feathers are stiff and overlap in layers to trap air next to the skin making their coat both wind and water proof Fun Facts

 Toledo Zoo “African Penguin” Internet guin/data.html 10 October guin/data.html  Lowry Park Zoo “African Penguin” Internet penguin.php 10 October penguin.php  Bristol Zoo African Penguin 11 October  Seneca Park Zoo African Penguin y=bird&aid=5 11 October y=bird&aid=5 Works cited