General

Basic information about the imperial boxAptenodytes forester, Emperor penguin, the bird of the family of the kind the Penguins. These are the substance of considerable size - reaching from 1 to 1.3-meter growth, and weigh from 38 to 40 kilograms. The females are quite a lot smaller and lighter than males. There is only one place around the world - in Antarctica. Settled in the great ice fields, not far from the sea, feed and in the North Sea. Primarily feed on fish, but do not despise the and shellfish. Penguins live in large colonies, which count from several hundred to several thousand individuals, always providing that the science, the faithful pairs. Reach sexual maturity at the age of 3-6 years (females) or 4-8 (males). Their reproductive period lasts from April to November, and even to the Antarctic wintertime. In one is usually only one egg. Chick after 62-65 days of the removal, the average baby weighs 300 grams. Penguins live long - usually more than 30 years. They are threatened with extinction, is about 300 thousand pairs, which actively participate in reproduction, their number has remained unchanged for years - mainly because the man has not yet used the strictly Antarctic.