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.
They like to eat shrimp, krill, octopus, squid and fish. They also like to eat with their pink knife-shaped bill. The white on their bellies protects them from their enemies because when they are swimming and an enemy is looking at them from down below, they are hard to locate against the background of the ice. The black on their backs protects them from enemies when they are swimming on the bottom of the ocean because the enemies are looking down and the black on their backs blend in with the dark ocean. They can't bend over or they will fall because their feet are placed so far back on their bodies that they are stuck in an upright position.