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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Antarctic birds, Extinct animals of Antarctica, Penguin, Antarctic krill, Adelie Penguin, Emperor Penguin, Lystrosaurus, Southern Elephant Seal, Crabeater seal, Snow Petrel, Leopard seal, Imperial Shag, Cape Petrel, Southern Fulmar, Branchinecta gaini, Australodelphis, Antarctic Fur Seal, Gentoo Penguin, Scenella, Antarctic Petrel, Mammals of Antarctica, Antarctic cod, Sheathbill, Hourglass dolphin, Cynognathus, Wilson's Storm-petrel, Chinstrap Penguin, Gondwanatheria, Thrinaxodon, Euphausia crystallorophias, Royal Penguin, Polarornis, Microbiotheria, Antarctic silverfish, Black-faced Sheathbill, Snowy Sheathbill, Antarctic Tern, Coelacanthus, Kannemeyeria, Archaeospheniscus lopdelli, Parotosuchus, Acanthodiscus, Archaeospheniscus wimani, Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, Kerguelen Tern, Aristonectes, Osteolepis, Bald notothen, Neithea, Terebratula, Belgica antarctica, Ogygopsis, Astronesthes sp., Whiteavesia, Oxytoma, Ceratoserolis meridionalis, Micraster, Kingena, Hibolithes, Rabidosaurus. Excerpt: Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans. Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin live so far south. Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Galapagos Penguin, lives near the equator. The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes ...
