LYCOS RETRIEVER 
The Penguins: Eggs
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![[WetChick.jpg] A wet Adelie penguin chick that will die in a few minutes. Falling in freezing water is deadly when you are a baby penguin.](http://retrieverimages.lycos.com/images/t/h/e/the-penguins/i/056.jpg)
Emperor penguins don't have nests. They balance their egg on their feet, keeping it warmly covered under a pouch of fatty skin under their belly. Adelie penguins make nests out of rock pebbles and sit on top. They steal each others pebbles constantly, leading to lots of braying and fights. The last ones to leave in autumn steal everybody else's pebbles and make a huge stack in prevision of their spring return. But then the early comers in spring transfer the pile to their own nest!
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The book says that the female King penguin lays one egg and breeds every (3) years. Research how old a female King penguin is when she has her first chick and how long is her life span. Then figure up how many babies she might have in her lifetime.
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After laying her egg, a mother Emperor Penguin returns to the sea to feed and the father incubates the egg on his feet for as long as 60 days till the egg hatches! Usually, the mother returns to care for the chick about the time it hatches, but if she is still away at sea, the father penguin feeds the baby chick with a milky fluid from his throat.
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By mid-July, the stoic male emperor penguin has been fasting for close to 120 days. He has been holding the constant incubation temperature for the egg entrusted to him by his companion at 95°F (35°C) for 64 days.
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