Penguins only live at the North and South Poles.  True or False?
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Penguins do not live in the north pole but they DON'T only live at the south pole. There are penguins in some  southern countries as well. New Zealand for example.
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Google, Wikipedia, and United States Coast Guard maps only indicate Antarctica.\n\nThe only other possibilities, which I doubt, are either New Zealand or Chile.
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Bears North Pole\nPenguins South Pole
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here, use something from this....\n\n\nAnimal life. Only a few insects and other tiny animals spend their entire lives on the Antarctic mainland. The continent's largest land animal is a wingless midge, a type of fly no more than 12 millimetres long. Most land animals live at the edges of the continent. To avoid freezing to death, some lice, mites, and ticks cling to mosses, the fur of seals, or the feathers of birds.\n\nUnlike the continent, the Southern Ocean has abundant wildlife. The most common animal of the ocean is krill, a small, shrimplike creature that feeds on tiny floating organisms. Many other Antarctic animals depend on krill for food, and several countries catch and sell krill as a protein-rich food for people. The squid—a soft, boneless sea animal—also is eaten by many Antarctic animals. In addition, about 100 kinds of fish live in the ocean, including Antarctic cod, icefish, and plunderfish.\n\nSeveral kinds of whales migrate to Antarctica for the summer. Those that feed on krill are blue whales, fin whales, humpback whales, minke whales, right whales, and sei whales. The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever lived. This rare giant grows up to 30 metres long. Antarctic whales that eat fish and squid include killer whales, also called orcas; southern bottlenose whales; southern fourtooth whales; and sperm whales. Killer whales also hunt seals, penguins, and smaller whales.\n\nVarious kinds of seals live in Antarctica. They spend most of their lives in the water, where they swim, dive, and catch food. Most of them nest on the coasts. The Antarctic fur seal nests on nearby islands. The largest seal in the world is the southern elephant seal, which feeds on squid. The males may reach a length of 5 metres. Weddell seals and Ross seals eat fish and squid. Crabeater seals and Antarctic fur seals eat krill. Leopard seals hunt other seals as well as penguins.\n\nDuring the 1800's and early 1900's, hunters greatly reduced the number of whales and Antarctic fur seals. Today, international wildlife laws prohibit or restrict the killing of these animals.\n\nPenguins are the animals most often associated with Antarctica. These birds cannot fly, and they waddle awkwardly on land. But they are skilful swimmers. They streak through the ocean, diving for fish and other food. Six kinds of penguins breed on the continent. Playful Adelie penguins, the most common kind, build nests of pebbles on the coasts. The tall, quieter emperor penguin grows to about 1.2 metres. After the female emperor penguin lays an egg on ice, the male rests the egg on his feet and warms it with the lower part of his belly. Chinstrap penguins, gentoo penguins, king penguins, and macaroni penguins nest on the Antarctic Peninsula and on islands. Rockhopper penguins nest only on islands north of Antarctica.\n\nMore than 40 kinds of flying birds spend the summer in Antarctica. Many types nest on land but spend most of their time diving for food. These birds include albatrosses, prions, and a large group of sea birds known as petrels. Other birds, such as cormorants, gulls, skuas, and terns, return to land more frequently. Some of them steal food from the nests of other birds. Some land birds, such as sheathbills, nest on the peninsula. Others, including pintails and pipits, nest on islands.
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Antarctica is the continent
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Penguins, bears and seals. Whales. That is a consensus. As for the flaura, lichen ... try looking the remainder up.
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Penguins....they live longer & can be petted
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Living micro-organisms have been found flourishing deep within the ice of Antarctica. Since ice freezes at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, I expect that's as cold as you can get and still allow the little beggars to move about, ingest nourishment and procreate. These are simple single-celled animals. Microbia.
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Penguins have a very large amount of body fat for insulation; this enables them to keep their core temperature very high, and allows them to circulate enough blood to their feet to keep them from freezing.
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Penguins have a special patch on their body that secretes oil. They use this oil to waterproof themselves so that they are less effected by the chilly waters.\nEmperor Penguins have developed a system that allows all of them to stay warm. They all huddle in one big group, which conserves their body temp. They cycle through which penguin gets to be on the inside and which on has to be on the outside. \nPenguins also have thick layers of fat that insulate them.
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Yes , It is covered in snow\nThe South pole is in dh continent of Antarctica so definately it will hav snow\nBoth the poles of the Earth R having snow
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penguins live in an arctic biome.
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Well, because of their evolutionary history. Penguins (Sphenisciformes) evolved when the appearance of the Earth was quite different, and all southern landmasses formed a supercontinent called Gondwana. After Gondwana split to form Africa, South America and Australia/New Zealand, they went on evolving within the same geographical area. \nPenguins would find it almost impossible to cross the Equator and colonize the Northern Hemisphere, mainly because their adaptations to the cold Antarctic climate prevent their survival in warmer climates (the only genus of penguins that has really colonized warmer areas is Spheniscus: Spheniscus mendiculus lives in the Galapagos islands, and other species occur in southern Africa and Oceania).\nIn addition, as it has been mentioned, the ecological niche of penguins in the Southern Ocean waters is occupied by the Alcidae (auks, guillemots and puffins) in the Northern Hemisphere. \nActually, the name "penguin" was applied to the Spheniscidae because they were found to be similar to the original owner of the name, the extinct Pinguinus impennis (the great flightless auk). In Spanish, the name "pingüino" replaced the original "pájaro bobo" (=dumb bird).\n\nPenguins look superficially similar to auks, mainly because they have similar adaptive traits: black and white color pattern (common in many pelagic animals), upright posture and clumsiness when moving on land. But auks can fly, whereas all penguins are flightless.
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Just a quick thought here that may help you.  Under "cold blooded" - or ectothermic - we understand an organism that does not produce a relatively constant body core temperature by means of metabolitic activity etc., but rather regulates its temperature by shutteling between warmer and coller areas.  It takes on the temperature of its environment.  That would be detrimental in case of an animal living in antarctic conditions.  A penguin's blood would freeze, there would be crystalization, and the cells would eventually burst.  In other words, the penguin would be a very cold toast.\n\nNow, there are however ectothermic organisms in arctic and antarctic oceans, which maintain blood flow by using a chemcial anti-freeze.  This has been found, for example in some fishes (the plural is allowed here, since we aretalking about more than one species).  But penguins don't have anything like that and do not need it.  As others have mentioned above, they are very well insulated endotherms (maintain a relatively stable core temperature).\n\nHope this helps in addition to the other answers.
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Their main defences against the cold are their short overlapping feathers, rounded bodies, small extremities and an ability to store a layer of fat under their skin for insulation.\n Three of the four penguin species breeding in Antarctica avoid the worst of the Antarctic winter by remaining at sea. The emperor penguins however begin their breeding cycle in autumn. The males spend the entire winter huddled in groups while incubating the egg which is kept balanced on top of their feet. This social adaptation reduces the effect of the chilling wind and reduces surface area exposed to the cold.
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Yes. Penguins appear to have very short legs and no knees because only the lower leg is externally visible. Their knees and upper legs are feather covered, hiding them from view. This also means that penguins never get cold knees\nSee\nhttp://www.penguin.net.nz/faq/faq.html
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People do live in North Pole.   That is North Pole, Alaska