The World of Penguins

By Amanda Lee Pankow

Did you ever wonder why penguins are black and white? Come on it is easy! Okay, I will be nice and I will tell you why. Peguins are black and white for the act of camouflage and helps protect it from predators. Told you it was easy. In this web page you will learn about Adelie penguins where they live, eat, and other good facts. You will also learn about Gentoo penguins, Galapagos penguins, Little Blue penguins, and Rockhopper penguins.

Adelie

Galapagos

Gentoo

Little Blue

Rockhopper

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Bibiography

1. Barkhausen, Annette and Franz Geiser. Penguins. Milwaukee: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 1992.

2. Stonehouse, Bernard. Animals of the Antactic. New York: Holt, Rinnehart and Winton, 1972.

3. Switzer, Merbeth. Our Wildlife World-Pengiuns. U.S.A.: Grolier, 1988.

Some of the picture are found on other web sites.

Little Blue Pengiuns

www.penguins.org.au/index.html.

RockhopperPenguins www.vn.net/~kwelch/penguins/species/rockhopper.html.

Adelie

www.allgeo.uni-bremen.de/gruland/ant/antard.htm