TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 In the Swim 4 CHAPTER 2 Birds of a Feather 8 CHAPTER 3 The Thrill of Krill 14 CHAPTER 4 The Penguin Life Cycle 20 CHAPTER 5 Penguins at Risk 26 THINK ABOUT IT 30 LEARN MORE 31 GLOSSARY 32 INDEX 32
21st century skills library 4 In the Swim chapter 1 You might have watched them dance or sing on the TV screen Maybe you’ve read about their funny tricks in a children’s book Unlike Hollywood penguins real penguins don’t tap dance use a toilet or sleep in a bed Ocean explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovered penguins off the coast of Argentina in 1520 Describing the strange black birds one passenger on the boat wrote that the birds could not fly and looked like strange geese with a crow’s beak Magellan and his crew took several penguins and other unknown animals back to
exploring our oceans 5 Penguins live on land and in the water Spain to learn more about them Penguins live in some of the coldest places on earth The 18 species or types of penguins can be found on island beaches volcanoes and every continent in the Southern Hemisphere Most penguins are social animals and live in large groups called rookeries or colonies
