Are penguins protected animals?

With a black back and a white belly, penguins look like Western gentlemen in tuxedos. They live mainly in the southern hemisphere and can live and breed in the cold of-60 ℃. So, do you know that penguins are protected animals?

Are penguins protected animals?

Penguin is a protected animal, but not a national protected animal, because it lives in the southern hemisphere, there is no distribution in China, it should be regarded as a world-class protected animal. It is known that there are 17 or 18 species of penguins all over the world, mainly living in the southern hemisphere, mostly in Antarctica, with different species and different levels of protection.

Second, where are the penguins distributed?

Penguins live mainly in the southern hemisphere, mostly in Antarctica. In hot Cape Town, South Africa, there are penguins, ring penguins, Humboldt penguins, Magellanic penguins and blackfoot penguins in temperate regions of lower latitudes, Galapagos penguins near the equator, emperor penguins and El-Adli penguins live entirely in the polar regions.

What do penguins eat?

Penguins feed mainly on Antarctic krill and sometimes prey on brachiopods, squid and small fish. Each penguin eats an average of 0.75 kilograms of food a day, mainly Antarctic krill.