Do penguins have knees?
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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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devon.....Right  on  it's those darn penguins
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A monkey but if i could choose i would say a penguin. PENGUIN
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No. Penguins, like all other birds, do not have teeth. The chicks do have an egg tooth, but this is not a real tooth, but rather a sharp bump on the top surface of the bill which is used to break the egg when hatching.\nPenguins do have rearward-pointing, tooth-like barbs on the tongue and roof of the mouth. These are not used for chewing, but instead assist in the swallowing of their slippery prey. GOT IT?
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Penguins have great protection from the freezing conditions, which by the way they happily endure. Afterall, they know no different. Depending on the species of penguin, some have a very fine plumage which traps a layer of air. This protects them from the cold, other species have a very thick layer of skin almost like rubber. Great protection !
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Yes, they can run up to 45 mph.  Penguins can swim at 40 mph.
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The Following Text Is Taken From Wikipedia..:\n\n"There are either 17 or 18 known species worldwide, depending on whether the two Eudyptula species are counted as distinct. Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Three species live in the tropics; one lives as far north as the Galápagos Islands and will occasionally cross the equator while feeding.\n\nThe largest species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): adults average about 1.1 meters (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kilograms (75 lb) or more. The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin (also known as the Fairy Penguin), which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and weighs 1 kilogram (2.2 lb). Generally larger penguins retain heat better, and thus inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are found in temperate or even tropical climates. The rarest type of penguin is the yellow-eyed penguin (megadyptes antipodes) and is probably the most ancient of all living penguins. adults average about 65cm tall and the adults average weight is 5-6 kilograms\n\nMost penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend half of their life on land and half in the oceans.\n\nDue to the gender ratio, penguins are one of the few species on the planet whose females fight over single males during mating season, due to the comparatively low number of male penguins.\n\nOne of the most baffling forms of behavior of the penguin comes when a mother loses her chick, either due to its being unable to endure its first storm, or due to other reasons such as predators. When a mother loses its chick, they have been known to actually attempt to steal another mother's living chick- presumably in order to deal with the grief of the loss. This behavior has amazed scientists, as it is an emotional outburst opposed to an instinctual behavior; something many animals do not exhibit when losing their young. Many have used this as prime evidence for decades that many animals have near human-like emotions and feelings, often for the sake of animal rights. Interestingly, the other females in the penguin groups dislike this behavior and will help the defending mother keep her chick. Another fact about penguins is that they are one of the few species of birds that seem to have no fear of people. In fact, they have been known to approach groups of explorers without the slightest hesitation."\n\nFor More, See The Link(s) Below..
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Absolutely not.  They are warm-blooded creatures capable of maintaining an internal body temperature.  If birds were cold-blooded, you can bet that penguins and non-migratory birds would be in deep trouble when exposed to low temperatures!
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Not true in either case.  I don't know where the myth came from (with Penguins, it's probably because they mostly mate with one partner seasonally).  You may want to read the source book.
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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, and both their hands and feet have opposable thumbs. \n\nQuoting from the source at the link below:\n"There are four categories of thumb movements determined by the degree of independence of the thumb. They are:\n1) Non-opposable thumbs. Examples: tarsiers, marmosets\n2) Pseudo-opposable thumbs. Examples: all prosimians, Cebidae\n3) Opposable thumbs. Examples: Old World monkeys, great apes, humans\n4) Opposable, comparatively long thumbs. Examples: Hylobatidae\n\nSource: Ankel-Simons, Friderun. Primate Anatomy. Academic Press, 2000."\n\nMost primates have opposable thumbs in their feet (we're an exception) and many also in their hands. However, there are monkeys with reduced thumbs, such as the South American spider monkeys, with only 4 developed fingers in each hand (their feet _do_ have opposable thumbs). This is visible in this photograph:\nhttp://www.ejphoto.com/images_AZ/AZ_SpiderMonkey01.jpg
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cccooolllddd ppplllaaaccceeesss... iiidddkkkk!\n\nDid you know that Magellenic penguins actually live in warm places like the equator of South America?
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a penguin with 1 foot
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A simple answer... too far to swim. \n\nNO, the Artic is just an Ice Pack.   The penguins that you place there might not have everything that they need to survive.  \n\nWhat other imbalance are you thinking to introduce to our planet?
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count em up :)\n\nhttp://www.buschgardens.org/infobooks/Penguins/appendix.html
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It depends on the breed of penguin. The emperor penguin has a 63 day gestation period.
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Depends on the species... I think its either King or Emperor penguins that court each other with pebbles - if th female accepts the male's pebble then they stay together for the rest of their lives, I believe (having said that there's increasing evidence that the swan, held high as the paragon of fidelity, will cheat on its partner if it can)