Fun Penguin Facts
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- On average, when full grown, penguins weighs about 11 pounds and are approximately 30 inches tall.
- Penguins were once thought to be some kind of fish, but were later discovered to be birds.
- Although penguins are birds, they cannot fly.
- A penguins wings are waterproof and help them to move, especially in water, where they glide gracefully, almost as if they're flying.
- Penguins like to slide across the ice on their big stomachs.
- Penguins communicate with eachother using various gestures, movements and sounds to indicate if they sense danger.
- Most people think that penguins only live in Antarctica and other cold places on Earth, but that's not true. Some penguins live in much warmer climates, such as the Galapagos Penguins, which of course live on the Galapagos Islands near the equator.