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The Chinstrap penguin is another type of penguin species that inhabits various Southern pacific islands and Antarctic ocean regions, including Argentina, Bouvet Island, Chile, and more. Penguins are remarkably adapted for life in water, and their wings were evolved into flippers for swimming. Male Royal Penguins grow larger than female Royals, and young Royal Penguins have less luxurious crests than adults. Some penguins, like the fiordland and rockhopper, have even been found with barnacles growing on their feathers! Magellanic ( Spheniscus magellanicus)- The Magellanic penguin lives along the southern coast of South America from Argentina on the Atlantic side to Chile in the Pacific.

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In 1781, Johann Reinhold Forster, a Scottish naturalist, added chinstrap penguin into bird taxonomy. It may also serve as a defense mechanism against predators—it makes it difficult to grab a swimming penguin when they are continually disappearing above the surface. Although they’re adapted for swimming, Adélie penguins are also accomplished long-distance walkers, with some traversing 50km to reach the open water to feed.

An ice-dependent species, they rely on the ice for foraging, often trapping prey under ice floes (sheets of ice that jigsaw the ocean surface) and resting on top of them to avoid predators.

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When they are not swimming in the deep, they nest on islands in the Indian Ocean and the South Atlantic. Royal penguins are closely related to Macaroni penguins, with some even considering royals to be a subspecies or colour morph of Macaroni penguin. While these penguins prefer frozen habitats, they can also thrive in ice-free ones like coastal plains and valleys. Penguins are aquatic birds and are highly adapted for life in the water, where they spend approximately half their lives.Little or Fairy ( Eudyptula minor) – The smallest of the penguins, the little penguin claims the rocky island coasts around New Zealand and Australia as home. An acute sensitivity to sound may be a defense penguins employ in the face of predators like orcas and leopard seals. Underwater, terrestrial animals become far-sighted because the fluid of the eye and the water are too similar, so the light doesn’t bend enough and the image doesn’t focus effectively. When an Adélie penguin overheats it diverts blood to its thin wings, causing the white undersides to turn a faint pink color.