Infomation Report - Penguins

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Penguins

Did you know that Antarctica is home to five breeding species of penguins? It is strange that the Mother penguin has to get food for  the baby penguin, but it is the Father that takes care of the egg until the egg has hatched . The Mothers has to get fish for their baby until it gets bigger and can get it for themselves. The penguins are flightless birds because they do not have wings.

Penguins are different than  other birds because they have flippers to swim underwater and they have a big flubber of fats and big layer of  feathers , so they won’t get cold . Penguins can be different kinds of size and colours, some penguins do not live in cold places, they live in warm places Warm-weather Penguins are the only penguin found North of the Equator .

The penguins eat Krill, Fish ( that can fit in penguins mouth ) and Squid. ( Parents  takes turn hunting for food for their baby , so the baby can hunt for their food when grows up ). Penguins hunt for food in the day and the night . It is a carnivore because it eats fish and other sea animals. Did you know Emperor Penguins can stay underwater for around 20 minutes at a time for hunting?.

Penguins don’t only live in the cold they can live in the hot places like Africa, South America {warm land }Australia {warm} Galapagos islands. They have different kinds of feathers on each penguin , and the Little Blue Penguins are the smallest type of penguin, averaging around 33 cm (13 in) in height.

The male and female Emporer penguins are similar in plumage and size, reaching 1.1 – 1.3 meters (43–51 in) in height and weighing from 22 to 45 kilograms (49 to 99 pounds).

This week for writing I have made an  infomation report about penguins . The structure for an a infomation report is TIPS, this means we need to include Title , lntroduction , Paragrahs and Summary . Things to include in an information report are interesting facts and subtitles , present tense and to end with a summary . Learning to write an infomation was really hard because I needed to find lots infomation and include this in my writing. I needed to make sure my information was correct. It helped to make a plan first before doing the infomation report and I enjoyed learning about penguins. I thought it was really interesting that the Female penguin does most of the hunting for food.