Penguin Family

Just a happy family of pieguins in a very cold place. Poor little penguins. Well, now that I think about it, all that cold and snow is what they... more

by Phyllis Kaltenbach

Title

Penguin Family

Artist

Phyllis Kaltenbach

Medium

Painting - Acrylic On Canvas Painting

Description

Just a happy family of pieguins in a very cold place. Poor little penguins. Well, now that I think about it, all that cold and snow is what they like. I guess they are just tired right now, and ready for a little snuggle from Mom and Dad. Be assured that the FAA watermark will not appear on any finished art work that you may choose to buy. ***
Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have evolved into flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans.
Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin live so far south. Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Gal�pagos Penguin, lives near the equator.
The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): on average adults are about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kg (75 lb) or more. The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor), also known as the Fairy Penguin, which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb). Among extant penguins, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in temperate or even tropical climates (see also Bergmann's Rule). Some prehistoric species attained enormous sizes, becoming as tall or as heavy as an adult human. These were not restricted to Antarctic regions; on the contrary, subantarctic regions harboured high diversity, and at least one giant penguin occurred in a region not quite 2,000 km south of the equator 35 mya, in a climate decidedly warmer than today. Info from Wikipedia Free

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April 12th, 2012