The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). Feathers of the head and back are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches.
Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Its diet consists primarily of fish, but also includes crustaceans, such as krill, and cephalopods, such as squid. While hunting, the species can remain submerged around 20 minutes, diving to a depth of 535 m (1,755 ft). It has several adaptations to facilitate this, including an unusually structured haemoglobin to allow it to function at low oxygen levels, solid bones to reduce barotrauma, and the ability to reduce its metabolism and shut down non-essential organ functions.
The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter, emperor penguins trek 50–120 km (31–75 mi) over the ice to breeding colonies which can contain up to several thousand individuals. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated for just over two months by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents subsequently take turns foraging at sea and caring for their chick in the colony. The lifespan is typically 20 years in the wild.
Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Its diet consists primarily of fish, but also includes crustaceans, such as krill, and cephalopods, such as squid. While hunting, the species can remain submerged around 20 minutes, diving to a depth of 535 m (1,755 ft). It has several adaptations to facilitate this, including an unusually structured haemoglobin to allow it to function at low oxygen levels, solid bones to reduce barotrauma, and the ability to reduce its metabolism and shut down non-essential organ functions.
The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter, emperor penguins trek 50–120 km (31–75 mi) over the ice to breeding colonies which can contain up to several thousand individuals. The female lays a single egg, which is incubated for just over two months by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents subsequently take turns foraging at sea and caring for their chick in the colony. The lifespan is typically 20 years in the wild.
emperor penguin: *exists*
by SIngle-fuck-with-no-life May 28, 2022
by Talon z. December 19, 2018
You stink like a penguins chuff, take a bath!
by MissKittyBoo February 10, 2017
by Tiffany Nichols May 18, 2008
by hismajestykingcharles July 28, 2020
A description of a chocolate bar which one feels to have been above average in quality, thus prompting much praise for the manufacturer for its hard work and part in making one's day slightly better, despite the clear fact that the chocolate bars are all identical. One can subsequently expect rejection from one's friendship group by virtue of being an ignorant halfwit.
Person: Mmm, that was a particularly nice penguin.
Former Friend: Shut up; you fucking halfwit nonce.
Former Friend: Shut up; you fucking halfwit nonce.
by Аnоn December 29, 2011
"Why has Phil been walking like a penguin for the past few minutes?"
"He just took a penguin crap not too long ago."
"He just took a penguin crap not too long ago."
by Vanh0 October 23, 2011