Emperors are the largest of all penguins. They employ physiological adaptations and 1 behaviors in order to deal with a harsh enviroprment.
Emperors huddle together in huge 2 They 3 tums moving to the inside of the group, 4 they're protected from the cold temperatures. 5 they' ve bad a chance to 6,they'll move back to the circle's edges 80 that others can enjoy protection from the icy winds.
The continent is in the Southerm Hemisphere and has seasons that are opposite 7 in the north. 8 all creatures leave except the emperor, the only animal that spends the winter on Antarctica's open ice. These 9 birds breed in the winter ( unlike most birds,which breed in the springtime).
Female penguins 10 a single egg and then leave it right away! They set off toward the open sea to get food, 11 up to 50 miles 12 the frozen surface. Where do they leave the eggs? At the feet, 13, of the male emperors. Each penguin egg' s father balances it on his feet and 14 it with his brood pouch, a very warm layer of feathered skin designed to keep the egg cozy. There the males stand, for about 65 days , through icy temperatures and 15 winds. And they eat nothing that whole time.