Emily N’s Blog

To take care of a puppy you have to make sure that you have the wright supplies.You might want to have…

* food

* bed

*toy

*brush

*food & water dish

*[optional]treats

When you get your puppy make sure it has a comforting place to stay.Make sure it has food and water.Make sure you pay alot of attention to it.And try play with it every day, so it get’s good exersise.

Did you ever wonder about penguins?Well, this will tell you about them.Penguins live on islands or continental regions free of land preditors.Such as foxes ,snakes,wild dogs, cats, stoates,and of course birds.There are 17 species of penguins in the Southern Hemesphere.They are in every continent in the Southern Hemishere.They spend 75% of their lifes in the water! The Emperor penguin is the biggest penguin.It stands 3.7 feet high and wieghs 60-90 pounds.The smallest penguin is the fariy penguin it is 16 inches high and wieghs 2.2 pounds.
Rock Hopper-6-8 inches high 5-6 pounds and has 3.5 millon pairs
Macaroni-20-24inches high 10 pounds lives in the Atlantic and Indian oceans, popullation-11,654,000 pairs incresing
Yellow-eyed-30 inches 13 pounds lives in New Zealand they have decreased by 40% in 40 years
Penguins have a great diet,krill,squid,and fish.When penguins hunt they find food within 50-60 feet of the surface.They rely on vision when hunting,they find their prey down in the depths of the ocean and in the darkness.Some hunting areas are 9 miles away from the colony.The Adelies penguins go hunting 559 miles away.When penguins have their egg they have to incubate them.All except the Emperor penguins the male and the female take turns incubating so the other one can take a break to eat. This can last for as short as 1 month or as long as 62-66 days,for the Emperor. The tempature in incubation is 96.5F when the environment is
-76F.Failure in incubation is usually because of a misunderstanding between parents.When the female doesn’t return the male leaves the nest.But,if they do survive coming out can take the chicks up to 3 days. When they come out they have down feathers, which are not waterproof so they must stay out of the water.Their parents give them alot of attention in order for them to survive.When the parents go out to get food for the chick they reconize the chick because of it’s distinctive call.Ther are 3 different calls,the contact call, the display call which is used for partners in a colony.And the last one is the threat call, used to defend territory.Some of the reasons that penguins die are because of oil spills.The oil get’s on their wings reducing the waterproof and insulation,then they suffer from hypothermya[chilling].They also die from air craft,if an air craft flys over colonies it could cause panic and stampeads!Which can lead to injuries and easy preditation.People have hunted species of penguin and taken eggs for centurries.They were used for provisions.Luckally, egg collecting was banned in 1969,but,harvesting still continues today.In the 19th and 20th centuries their skin was used for caps,slippers and purses!Their feathers were used for clothing , decorations, and mattress stuffing.And that’s just what humans do.Hunting whales,lepord seals,sea lions,sharks,and killer whales eat penguins in the water.On land foxes,snakes,wild dogs, cats,birds,stoates,sea gulls,lizards,rats,and swamp harrings eat them.Skuas may work in pairs,one distracts the penguin on the nest when the other steals the egg or chick.But,that’s just the circle of life.