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  2. Preening - Wikipedia

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    Penguins use their whole heads to stroke, in a motion referred to as "wiping". [14] Birds regularly fluff up their plumage and repeatedly shake their bodies while preening. Experiments have shown that the shaking action can "rezip" a majority of split feather barbules. [27] Birds cannot use their beaks to apply preen oil to their own heads.

  3. Penguin - Wikipedia

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    Highly adapted for life in the ocean water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch with their bills and swallow whole while swimming. A penguin has a spiny tongue and powerful jaws to grip slippery prey.

  4. Snares penguin - Wikipedia

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    Snares penguins were originally collected in 1874 and named atrata by Frederick Hutton. However, Hutton lost his sample at sea whilst drawing the bird before a full speciation could be identified. A description written by Hutton and an illustration done by Keulemans in Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand are evidence that this is the ...

  5. Emperor Penguin - AOL

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    Emperor penguins are also known to dive to depths of more than 1,640 feet (500 meters) making them the deepest diving birds in the world, where they are able to hold their breath for up to 20 ...

  6. Rockhopper penguin - Wikipedia

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    Some characteristics that differentiate them from the other penguins are their red eyes, orange beak, pink webbed feet, and the yellow and black spiky feathers they have on their head. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Although their yellow and black spiky feathers differentiate them from other penguins, rockhopper penguin chicks do not have them; these feathers ...

  7. Cultural depictions of penguins - Wikipedia

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    The penguins move to Ohio where their lifestyle choices are more accepted. In Juken Sentai Gekiranger (later adapted to Power Rangers: Jungle Fury), Penguin Zord appeared in the first time. CNN Türk showed a documentary about penguins as a form of misinformation during the Gezi Park protests. The Walter Lantz cartoon character Chilly Willy.

  8. Video of Detroit Zoo Penguins 'Gifting' Their Mates with ...

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    The penguins chose the prettiest pebble to "gift" to their mate. The zoo followed several penguins after they picked out their pebble and walked them back to their mates. They even swam with the ...

  9. Galapagos penguin - Wikipedia

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    Galápagos penguins have a black head with a white border running from behind the eye, around the black ear coverts and chin, to join on the throat. The top of the beaks are black and fade into pink on the bottom. [8] They have two black bands across the breast that connect to the back, the lower band extending down the flanks to the thigh. [9]