Emperor Penguins Are Unique Creatures
by Owen Omid Borville
Penguins are an unusual bird kind as they walk upright and virtually all live south of the equator. A few live in the Galapagos islands just north of the equator. Penguin height ranges from one foot tall to the emperor penguin at more than three feet tall and 88 pounds. Fossilized emperor penguins measure up to 8 feet tall.
Emperor penguins don't move to warmer climates in the cold season like many other birds. They actually move closer to the South Pole. Evolution would have difficulty explaining that. Emperor penguins spend their entire lives on the Antarctic ice and its waters. Emperor penguins are the only animal to inhabit the Antarctic ice in the winter season.
Layers of feathers help keep the emperor penguin warm and waterproof. Penguins also store large amounts of fat on their bodies which serve as insulation and an energy source. Their bodies are especially designed to produce and conserve more heat. Smaller beaks and flippers than other penguins allow the emperor penguin to stay warm. Feathers on their legs also help keep them warm. Sharp claws on their feet help to grip the icy surface as the penguin walks. Penguins can also slide on the ice on their belly. Emperor penguins also stay in flocks of 5,000 or more to stay warm and rotate the center position.
The breeding season begins in the winter (in March), where the penguins will travel up to 50 miles across the ice to find a proper breeding ground. Males court and attract a female partner and stay monogamous during the breeding season.
Emperor penguins lay their eggs after breeding in the winter and raise their young in one of the most bitter cold environments on earth. The female lays an egg and puts it on the male's feet and its "brood pouch", a warm layer of feathered skin, which keeps the egg warm at 95 degrees Fahrenheit. He must keep the egg on his feet and under the egg pouch to keep the egg from freezing. Temperatures sometimes get to 100 degrees below zero and 100 mile per hour winds blow. How does the male keep the egg so warm with such bitter cold temperatures?
When the female gives the male the egg the female leaves the penguin pack or flock and goes into the ocean to look for food for a couple of months. The male takes care of the egg during this time. The male doesn't eat or drink for this period and loses up to 40 percent of his body weight. How does the male itself keep from freezing while he is standing on the Antarctic ice in the bitter wind chill? The penguins stay together in the flock of 5,000 or more to keep warm. They even rotate moving toward the center of the flock where it is warmer.
The female returns to the male after a couple of months and moves across miles of icy surface to find her male and egg. How does the female find the male among the huge flock of penguins? Scientists think that the female can somehow hear the sound or call of her male among the flock of noisy penguins. Females amazingly commonly return to her male and egg on the day that it hatches. When the female returns she amazingly has partially digested fish in her body that she regurgitates and feeds to the newly hatched baby penguin. After the female returns, the male goes to the ocean for a while to feed and returns as both the male and female take care of the baby until spring. The female warms the young baby just like the male does with its brood pouch.
As the baby penguins grow, the temperatures warm and some of the ice breaks up by December in the Antarctic summer, opening up swimming areas and the young penguins can start to fish for their own food. As young penguins grow up, they stay in groups called creches and the females have an opportunity to return to fish for food.
A few predators prey on emperor penguins such as some seabirds, seals, and killer whales.
Penguins spend up to 9 months in the water. Scientists wonder how penguins sleep in the water but somehow they do.
Penguins can't fly and supposedly lost function of their wings. However, evolutionists don't know of any possible ancestors of the penguin.
Despite not being able to fly, emperor penguins are excellent swimmers and their bodies were designed to swim with a sleek body and strong arms. They use their wings like fins underwater. Penguins can swim more than 7 miles per hour and dive more than 560 meters (1,800 feet) deep in the water. They can stay underwater for over 20 minutes.
The penguin is a uniquely designed creature created by a powerful Intelligent Designer with all of the abilities that it needs to survive in its environment.
by Owen Omid Borville
Penguins are an unusual bird kind as they walk upright and virtually all live south of the equator. A few live in the Galapagos islands just north of the equator. Penguin height ranges from one foot tall to the emperor penguin at more than three feet tall and 88 pounds. Fossilized emperor penguins measure up to 8 feet tall.
Emperor penguins don't move to warmer climates in the cold season like many other birds. They actually move closer to the South Pole. Evolution would have difficulty explaining that. Emperor penguins spend their entire lives on the Antarctic ice and its waters. Emperor penguins are the only animal to inhabit the Antarctic ice in the winter season.
Layers of feathers help keep the emperor penguin warm and waterproof. Penguins also store large amounts of fat on their bodies which serve as insulation and an energy source. Their bodies are especially designed to produce and conserve more heat. Smaller beaks and flippers than other penguins allow the emperor penguin to stay warm. Feathers on their legs also help keep them warm. Sharp claws on their feet help to grip the icy surface as the penguin walks. Penguins can also slide on the ice on their belly. Emperor penguins also stay in flocks of 5,000 or more to stay warm and rotate the center position.
The breeding season begins in the winter (in March), where the penguins will travel up to 50 miles across the ice to find a proper breeding ground. Males court and attract a female partner and stay monogamous during the breeding season.
Emperor penguins lay their eggs after breeding in the winter and raise their young in one of the most bitter cold environments on earth. The female lays an egg and puts it on the male's feet and its "brood pouch", a warm layer of feathered skin, which keeps the egg warm at 95 degrees Fahrenheit. He must keep the egg on his feet and under the egg pouch to keep the egg from freezing. Temperatures sometimes get to 100 degrees below zero and 100 mile per hour winds blow. How does the male keep the egg so warm with such bitter cold temperatures?
When the female gives the male the egg the female leaves the penguin pack or flock and goes into the ocean to look for food for a couple of months. The male takes care of the egg during this time. The male doesn't eat or drink for this period and loses up to 40 percent of his body weight. How does the male itself keep from freezing while he is standing on the Antarctic ice in the bitter wind chill? The penguins stay together in the flock of 5,000 or more to keep warm. They even rotate moving toward the center of the flock where it is warmer.
The female returns to the male after a couple of months and moves across miles of icy surface to find her male and egg. How does the female find the male among the huge flock of penguins? Scientists think that the female can somehow hear the sound or call of her male among the flock of noisy penguins. Females amazingly commonly return to her male and egg on the day that it hatches. When the female returns she amazingly has partially digested fish in her body that she regurgitates and feeds to the newly hatched baby penguin. After the female returns, the male goes to the ocean for a while to feed and returns as both the male and female take care of the baby until spring. The female warms the young baby just like the male does with its brood pouch.
As the baby penguins grow, the temperatures warm and some of the ice breaks up by December in the Antarctic summer, opening up swimming areas and the young penguins can start to fish for their own food. As young penguins grow up, they stay in groups called creches and the females have an opportunity to return to fish for food.
A few predators prey on emperor penguins such as some seabirds, seals, and killer whales.
Penguins spend up to 9 months in the water. Scientists wonder how penguins sleep in the water but somehow they do.
Penguins can't fly and supposedly lost function of their wings. However, evolutionists don't know of any possible ancestors of the penguin.
Despite not being able to fly, emperor penguins are excellent swimmers and their bodies were designed to swim with a sleek body and strong arms. They use their wings like fins underwater. Penguins can swim more than 7 miles per hour and dive more than 560 meters (1,800 feet) deep in the water. They can stay underwater for over 20 minutes.
The penguin is a uniquely designed creature created by a powerful Intelligent Designer with all of the abilities that it needs to survive in its environment.
