Penguins

[00:00.00] There are eight different kinds of penguins,

[00:02.33] and they all live south of the equator

[00:04.72] The largest are the emperor penguins,

[00:07.64] which live in Antarctica.

[00:09.23] They lay their eggs about 15 miles

[00:11.62] from the coast.

[00:13.22] There, the penguins have nothing to make a nest out of,

[00:16.40] but the eggs cannot be laid directly on the ice,

[00:19.33] or they would freeze.

[00:20.92] The emperor penguins have to

[00:22.54] take care of their eggs in a special way.

[00:24.90] The female produces one egg.

[00:27.60] As soon as she lays her egg,

[00:29.69] the male penguin rolls it on top of his feet.

[00:32.61] A special fold of skin on the bottom of his stomach

[00:35.54] comes down over the egg to protect it from the cold.

[00:38.45] For two months the male penguins stand together

[00:41.98] to protect themselves from the cold

[00:43.77] with their eggs on their feet.

[00:45.09] They cannot move or eat.

[00:46.95] The female goes to find food

[00:49.34] as soon as she lays her egg.

[00:51.74] Finally, after two months she returns

[00:54.47] and takes the egg from the male.

[00:56.52] The male penguin,

[00:57.84] which now has had no food for two months,

[01:00.24] returns to the sea.

[01:02.09] After the egg is hatched,

[01:03.45] the female and the male take turns

[01:05.58] carrying the baby penguin on their feet.

[01:08.23] When the weather gets cold,

[01:09.83] the baby is covered by the fold of skin,

[01:12.22] which keeps it warm.