Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Weather inquiry - Will Antarctic penguins die of heat when they reach the temperate zone?

Will Antarctic penguins die of heat when they reach the temperate zone?

Penguins are not only distributed in the Antarctic region, but also in the Galapagos Islands near the equator, mainly because of the influence of the Peruvian cold current, the water temperature is lower than that in the same latitude region, and the cold current brings nutrients from the deep sea to the surface, and plankton and fish multiply in large quantities, and food is sufficient. Galapagos penguins are real tropical penguins. They breed on islands near the hot equator. The local temperature is as high as 40℃, and the sea surface temperature can be very high. Even so, Galapagos penguins, like other penguins, look for food and breed in cold water.

It is a very difficult problem for Galapagos penguins to keep their body temperature cool. They look for food in cold water during the day and keep their bodies warm with cold water; The night is spent on land. On land, they cover their lower bodies with flippers, bow over their feet and let the sun shine on their backs. In hot weather, they spread their fins to increase heat loss. At very hot temperatures, they will dissipate heat from the body or the end of the body (feet, fins or lower body) through rapid breathing like dogs. When the weather is too hot, those penguins that don't breed no longer stay on land, but jump into the water.