Unusual Facts Gentoo penguins have short, thick feathers on their oily bodies. Their feathers are white on their belly and black on their backs. Gentoo penguins have crests of long feathers on the sides of their heads and patches of brightly colored feathers on their short,thick necks. They spend most of their lives in water.
All penguins live in the southern part of the world.
There are seven types that live in Antarctica and another eleven live in New Zealand, Africa and South America. Some penguins live in burrows near the sea, some live in muddy and grassy ground, but most live on the pure ice in Antarctica. Gentoos breed in the Antarctic peninsula and sub-antartic Islands. They could become extinct because hunters catch them by the hundreds and boil them for their oil. Penguins feed their babies regurgitated squid, fish, shrimp, and krill.