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I don't know if everybody watched my review on the Friends polybag set Penguin's Playground... because they should. But instead of potentially having to deal with music that Youtube claims has some sort of copyright to it (did you know that some random band apparently owns some of the mnolg music, because when I put that in red flags went up) I decided to cover the build section with some interesting facts about penguins. Because everybody needs to know more about penguins.
Unfortunately, I had too many facts and not a long enough build, so some of them had to be cut. Instead, I'll provide the rest of them here for you to enjoy.
- All penguins are found in the southern hemosphere, but not all of them hang out in Antarctica. The Galapagos Penguins hang out around the Galapagos Islands, which is near the equator and in a much warmer climate. Of course, this is only possible because of a cold water current around the islands, but still they're adapted to the tropical climate.
- In general, the penguins who live in colder climates (read Antarctica) are larger in size than those that live in warmer climates. This is apparently Bergmann's rule, but although it applies today, in the past there were giant penguins living in warmer places, so who knows what they were up to back then. Not Bergmann, that's for sure!
- Penguins can drink salt water! They have a glad that pretty much removed the extra salt from their blood and drips it out their nose/beak. I bet people from the dry coastal areas of California wish they had that ability!
- Penguins have really good hearing, and a mother can locate her chick in a crowded colony based on its chirps.
- Although that hasn't stopped some mother penguins from trying to steal other chicks if they lose their own.
- Spoiler alert: penguins cannot fly. Bet that surprised you!!
- But they can swim; their wings and bodies are now more adapted for moving in the water.
- Sometimes penguins will gather on the shoreline and randomly knock one of their members into the water. This isn't some sort of prank, but rather to see if there's a predator beneath the waves waiting for them. If their comrade survives, it's safe. If he doesn't... well, they know not to go swimming there!
- The movie "March of the Penguins" was not actually about a penguin marching band. This is due to the penguin's inability to play woodwind instruments, among other things.
- Only about six species of penguins actually breed in Antarctica, with the Emperor penguins being the only ones to do it during the winter!
- After the female Emperor penguin lays her egg, she returns to the sea to eat and re-nourish herself. The male penguins then keep the egg insolated on their feet. And, remember, these silly birds are doing this during the winter, so it's reeeeeeally cold when they're attempting this.
- Lots of penguins practice tobogganing, but so far none have been able to obtain a medal at the Winter Olympics.
- In the game Zoo Tycoon, if a penguin and an elephant got in a fight, the penguin would win due to its predator instincts. True fact!
- Penguins are cool. Nuff said.
This has been facts about penguins!
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