What is the function of a penguin's tail? What varieties do you have?

Penguin is a very old swimming bird, known as the ship of the ocean, with a history of many years. Most penguins live in the southern hemisphere. although they have two hands like wings, they cannot fly and have two upright feet that support their bodies. In addition to walking on land, penguins can also parade in the water, and their small wings become paddles for swimming. Let's take a look at what the tail of a penguin does. What varieties do you have?

What is the function of a penguin's tail?

1. The gland at the bottom of the tail will secrete oil to cover the feathers, so that water droplets cannot seep into the feathers and flow away.

2. Play the role of supporting the body. The penguin looks round and clumsy and wobbles when it walks. in addition to the support of its two small feet, its tail can also play a supporting role because the feather branches are hard.

3. The tail plays a role in maintaining body balance.

What are the species of penguin fish?

1. Emperor penguin

Emperor penguins, also known as Emperor Enterprises, are the largest individual species of penguins, generally reaching a height of 90cm to 120cm and weighing about 50KG.

Emperor penguins are gregarious animals, can dive to a depth of several hundred meters, generally eat mainly crustaceans, and occasionally eat small fish and squid

Emperor penguins are the only penguins that breed in winter in Antarctica.

Emperor penguins live in the trans-Antarctic mountains, at the junction of the Ross Sea and the Ross ice shelf, where the cold wind-ravaged Cape Coz.

2. King Penguin

The king penguin is almost 1 meter long and weighs about 30 jin. It has an obvious orange plate in its neck. When it is in danger, it can stick its belly on the ice and glide very fast.

King penguins are mainly distributed in Antarctica and its surrounding islands.

3. Papuan penguins

Papuan penguins, also known as white eyebrow penguins and Jintu penguins, live in the south mainly eat krill, while those living in the north are more likely to feed on fish.

4. El-Adli Penguin

El-Adli penguins belong to small and medium-sized species, mainly krill, squid and marine fish. They like to cluster around the Antarctic coast and nearby islands, overwintering in the ocean.

5. Hooded penguins

Hooded penguins, also known as police penguins, Antarctic penguins, cheekband penguins, bearded penguins, striped cheek penguins, and bearded penguins, live in South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland, South Georgia, Bouvet Island, Barney Islands and Peter I Island.

6. Nantiaoyan penguins

Rock-jumping penguins are found in most parts of the southern hemisphere, more than 80% in Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island, and the rest in Amsterdam Island and S ã o Paulo Island.

7. Beitiaoyan penguins

Beitiaoyan penguin is one of the three subspecies of crested yellow eyebrow penguins. Beitiaoyan penguins live on rocky islands and are good at jumping from one stone to another-so they are also known as rock-jumping penguins. Usually eat sardines and krill as the main food.

8. Yellow-eyed penguins

Yellow-eyed penguins belong to the family Penguinidae. They are native to New Zealand and are mainly distributed in South Island, Stewart Island, Auckland Islands and Campbell Island of New Zealand.

9. Little Blue Penguin

The small blue penguin is the smallest species in the penguin family. It has blue feathers and is the only penguin with blue feathers. It preys on fish, squid and other small aquatic animals.