Why can penguins only live in Antarctica?

Penguins don't like hot weather very much. They are only happy in cold climates. Therefore, there are the most penguins living in the cold ocean along the coast of Antarctica. But penguins can't just live in Antarctica.

Penguins can also be found in Cape Town, a tourist city in South Africa on the hot African continent. Among them, Humboldt Penguin, Magellan Penguin and Blackfoot Penguin, which are ring penguins, are distributed in temperate regions with lower latitudes, while Galapagos Penguin is closer to the equator. Only emperor penguins and Adelie penguins live completely in the polar regions.

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It's MINUS 25 degrees in Canada, and emperor penguins are indoors.

According to the US World News Network, Canada issued an extreme low temperature warning, and the lowest temperature in June 20 18 can reach MINUS 25 degrees Celsius. The city zoo decided to move the penguins indoors just in case.

Mark, the public relations manager of Calgary Zoo in Abel, Canada, explained that the king penguins kept in the zoo are not used to sub-zero temperatures like their close relatives, emperor penguins.

King penguins are characterized by bright orange feathers on both sides of the head and neck, which are usually distributed in sub-Antarctic regions of Chile and Argentina, as well as temperate regions such as Falkland, MacGregor and Sandwich Islands.

Although the cold current forced penguins not to "go out", it did not slightly reduce tourists' interest in visiting the zoo. Mark said: "Calgary people are hardworking and hardworking. As long as there is a cup of hot chocolate and a warm fire, they will still go out to enjoy the zoo light show. The number of our tourists is the same as last year. " However, she pointed out that due to climate factors, some activities were also moved indoors.

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