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Introduction: Penguins

There are eighteen different kinds of penguins, and they all live south of the equator. The largest are the emperor penguins, which live in Antarctica. They lay their eggs about fifty miles from the coast. There the penguins have nothing to make a nest out of, but the eggs cannot be laid directly on the ice, or they would freeze. The emperor penguins have to take care of their eggs in a special way.

snowman & penguin The female produces one egg. As soon as she lays her egg, the male penguin rolls it on top of his feet. A special fold of skin on the bottom of his stomach comes down over the egg to protect it from the cold. For two months the male penguins stand together to protect themselves from the cold with their eggs on their feet. They cannot move or eat. The female goes to find food as soon as she lays her egg. Finally, after two months she returns and takes the egg from the male. The male penguin to the sea. After the egg is hatched, the female and the male take turns carrying the baby penguin on their feet. When the weather gets cold, the baby is covered by the fold of skin, which keeps it warm.

Exercise 1

Answer the following questions in complete sentence form using a pronoun. The first one is done for you.

1. Where do the emperor penguins live? They live in Antarctica.
2. How many eggs does the female emperor produce at a time?
3. What does the male emperor penguin use to protect the egg from the cold?
4. Why do the male emperor penguins stand together?
5. Where do the males put their eggs when they stand together?
6. Where does the female go?
7. When does she return?
8. What does the male penguin do after she returns?

From the reading, work out whether these statements are true or false. Circle T for true and F for false.

1. There are no penguins on the North Pole.
2. All penguins live south of the equator.
3. All penguins are the same.
4. All penguins have folds under their abdomen.
5. The fold of skin is user only to keep the egg warm.
6. Only the female takes care of the penguin chik.
7. Emperor penguins do not make nests.
8. Emperor penguins lay their eggs very near the sea.

T F
T F
T F
T F
T F
T F
T F
T F

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