“I visited the
pumpkin patch yesterday and decided to bring home a pumpkin that in
shape appeared to be a penguin. Friends and family were mystified until I
started painting him.“
Penguin eggs are surprisingly strong, and for good reason—they have precious cargo! So how can these little floofs crack their way out of their shells?
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A 2017 study found that chicken eggs can withhold 100 pounds of force distributed evenly on the top and bottom axes of the egg. Penguin chicks, like chickens, are able to use their beaks to push against the eggshell, and the shell breaks open because the chicks are exerting pressure at a localized point.
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See video of the penguin chick pipping process and learn about our participation in penguin Species Survival Plans on our blog! Link in bio. (at New England Aquarium) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnpRdJhHj8x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mrfvtqsncw5y
Ever Wondered How Emperor Penguins Survive in Temperatures of
−40°C
?
Their feathers are densely packed, and have in fact the highest contour feather destiny of any bird, allowing them to maintain a constant body temperature of 38°C in freezing waters.
Depsite previous reports that filoplumes and plumules aka.downy feathers, are absent in penguins, new research has found the presence of both feathers in the penguin’s plumage. It was assumed before this that afterfeathers were the sole insulation
component in the penguin’s plumage.
These downy feathers are about four times denser than the afterfeathers of the bird and play a key role in the insulation of penguins.
god there’s something horrid and fantastic about this dense, sinful slice of penguin. This feels like something that should be private. We should thank the penguins for the insight, and then we should gently replace that which we should not have witnessed. This knowledge has a heavy weight
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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