Information Report Penguins

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Chinstrap Penguin

What is your favorite carnivore animal? Did you know that Penguins can not taste their food, so they just swallow their prey whole. Penguins have adapted flippers, so they aren't able to fly, but it helps them swim in water.  Penguins that stay in Antarctica have no based predators. Their scientific name is called Spheniscidae (Spe-ni-si-day).

A penguin has two eyes, two ears, a long beak, two flippers, two legs, and a mess of feathers covered around its body. All penguins have black backs and white bellies. The ears of a penguin is covered with feathers. Penguins use their beaks to preen their feathers, especially in fights. Did you know that penguins have knees, although it doesn't look like? The shape of a Penguin's tail is like a wedge.

They spend 75% of their time hunting down for food: fish, krill, and squid. Penguins are carnivores. They get their food from the sea, and something that is clean and filled with rich nutrients. The food that they eat, depends on their behaviour, shape, and size. The most common foods for a penguin to be eating are fish, crustacean, and cephalopods.

Most Penguins are known to be found on every continent in the Southern Hemisphere. They are usually located in the marine environment where there are not as much predators, because they can not fly to escape. These habitats provide everything that a penguin needs, such as water, nutrient, and water.

Penguins have many interesting facts about their habitat, appearance, lifestyle, predators, and more. Just like all birds they are warm blooded. Did you know that not all penguins live in cold places? Little penguins reach the height of either 13 inches/33 centimeters. The largest Penguin is called the Emperor Penguin. They have thick layers of fat that keep them warm. They use tobogganing to glide across the ice like sled.

Have you thought about your carnivore animal yet? If not make it a Penguin.

Fun Fact:

Aptenodytes (Ap-ten-o-dy-tes)  

is another name for Emperor Penguins, which are the most common and big penguins.


This week for writing we have been focusing on how to structure a information report.
A information report informs a reader about a certain topic. We have been looking
at information behind Penguins. Before writing, we used our researching skills to find
facts about a species of Penguins. The acronym that we use is called TIPS. T- title, I-introduction,
P-paragraphs, and S- summary. We use present tense, technical words, nouns, subheadings, when
we write our information reports. I have written a information report about Penguins, explaining
interesting facts and information about their family name.
Did you know that Penguins, cant taste their food, so they just swallow their prey whole?