Information about fairy penguins

Fairy penguin, belonging to Penguinidae, is commonly known as "Little Penguin", which is named after its small and exquisite body. It is a famous penguin. Among the 18 species of penguins in the world, it is the most famous penguin except Antarctic emperor penguin and Adelie penguin.

Fairy penguins are a branch of the penguin family. In this family, the fairy penguin is the smallest, only 30~40 cm long, which is not as small as the emperor penguin living in Antarctica (1/2).

They live on the southeast coast of Australia and the west coast of New Zealand. Their movements are light and agile, and they walk tall and funny. Fairy penguins are highly disciplined and often queue up for progress. Its most famous place is that it has its own "biological clock", which can tell the time.

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Breeding of fairy penguins

As soon as the winter jasmine bloomed in September and 65438+ 10, they went to the seaside in droves to dig holes and live in caves. At this time, the female penguin begins to lay eggs, three at a time. The female penguin is responsible for hatching eggs. Male penguins go to the sea every morning. When night fell, he came back with a full load, spit out the food he had been looking for all day and fed it to the female penguin one by one.

After the chicks hatch, the females and males go out to sea together, and the chicks sit at home waiting for their parents to return. In the evening, mom and dad came back and fed the half-digested food to the chickens. It is said that this semi-digested food is most beneficial to the absorption of young penguins.

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