During the winter the mother penguin puts the egg under a flop of skin to keep it warm. Under water penguin steers with feet and tail. Penguins shoot onto land or ice in giant leap of up to 6 ft. In the nasal cavities much of the warm air that would otherwise be lost in breathing is recycled. Bills are small to cut down on heat loss.
Penguins fly out of the water to draw breath.
Some Emperor colonies contains over 2,000 pairs. The Emperor penguin is the most colorful species. The little Emperor penguin make burrows under ground. The Southern Giant Petrel. By Elizabeth I'm doing a report on the Southern Giant Petrel.