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- baby penguin still covered with downy feathers
colony
- large group of penguins living together
crèche
- group of young penguins clustered together to stay
warm and be protected from predators
juvenile
- penguin old enough to start growing adult plumage
and be able to be on its own as both its parents hunt for food for it
krill
- small shrimp-like animals that are food for some
penguins
molt/moult
- process during which penguins feathers are shed
and replaced by new feathers
rookery
- place where penguins
nest
- special place penguins build for laying eggs and
keepint them warm until they hatch
skua
- a bird of Antarctica which feeds on penguin eggs
and young penguin chicks
tobogganing
- when penguins move on land by sliding on their bellies |
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photo courtesy
of Guillaume Dargaud
http://sung3.ifsi.rm.cnr.it/~dargaud/Photo/Background.html |
Page created by A. Meyerhorn January 2001 and updated March 2003 Copyright 2001
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