Adelie Penguin Facts
Adelie Penguins live on the Antarctic continent and on many small, surrounding coastal islands. They spend the winter offshore in the seas surrounding the Antarctic pack ice. Adelies feed on tiny aquatic creatures, such as shrimp-like krill, but also eat fish and squid.
Questions:
1. How many of them are in antarctica
Adelie penguins are found on the Antarctic continent and neighbouring islands including the South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands. Of the 18 different species of penguin, only two (the emperor and Adélie) are actually true Antarctic residents.
2. Why are they important?:
The Adelie Penguin is the littlest, and also the most widespread, species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy on land, but Penguins are brilliant swimmers. They can dive down to 180m, though they tend to catch their food mainly krill and fish much closer to the surface.
3. How many eggs does they lay?
Breeds from October to February on shores around the Antarctic continent, South Shetland, South Orkney, South Sandwich, and Bouvet Islands. At sea Adelie Penguins are usually found from the edge of the shelf-ice to the northern extent of the pack-ice.
4. What are they afraid of?
Penguins Are Afraid of the Dark. Like daily commuters, Adélie and emperor penguins are up at dawn, catching krill and fish in Antarctic waters, and back home to shore at dusk. ... Instead, they say, penguins head for shore at night because they cannot gauge the risk of being eaten by leopard seals or killer whales.
5. How long do they live for?
The oldest Adelie Penguin in a zoo lived to 30 years; the oldest known individual in the wild was 20 years. Most live to about 15 years, once they survive their first few years.