PENGUIN VOCABULARY
DIVING
Penguins jump head first into the water.
TOBOGGANING
Penguins sliding on their bellies.
PORPOISING
Penguins diving in and out of the water to breathe.
SWIMMING
Penguin using their wings to move through the water.
WADDLING
The way a penguin walks.
KRILL
A small shrimp like food of penguins.
FISH
 
A sea animal penguins eat.
SQUID
A sea animal penguins eat.
ORCA
A whale enemy of the penguin.
LEOPARD SEAL
An enemy of the penguin.
SKUA GULL
A bird enemy of the penguin.  They like to eat penguin eggs.
ROOKERY
Where penguins gather to build their nests.
EGG
The first stage of the penguin life cycle.
NEST
Twigs, stones, feathers, mud, or bones put in a small circle to hold the eggs.
INCUBATE
Penguin parents sit on the eggs to keep them warm.
BROOD POUCH
A flap of extra skin to keep chicks and eggs warm.
CHICK
A baby penguin.
CRÈCHE
Penguins gathering together to keep warm.
FLEDGLING
The third stage of the penguin life cycle.
MOLTING
Fledglings shed down and grow adult feathers.
REGURGITATION
Parent penguins throw up food to feed the chicks.

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