Penguin body temperature control, Bird species adaptations

How Penguins Stay Warm (and cool!)

March 5, 2007 by Editor  
Filed under Features

Penguins live in icy waters. The Emperor Penguin, in particular faces cold weather, living in Antarctica. It faces quite a challenge: how to keep its body temperature at 100-102 degrees Fahrenheit, when the winter air it lives in may be a full 200 degrees colder!

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