Bird of ice: Penguins
King Penguin on a Rock Photo by Sam Crimmin “Penguin” derived from latin word “Pinguis”, Pinguise meant fat, the thick layer of the body fat which stretch out underneath the plume of the penguin. Penguins are never alone, they move around and feed around in colony and stay close other penguins. Found in the northern and southern limits of Antarctica’s ice packs, inshore water and offshore islands, are the Adelie Penguins. With a streamlined body, fatty plume, flipper-like wings and short legs, the Adelie penguins are excellent swimmer. But on land they are ponderous with its legs being far and small in size, due to which the penguin has to walk upright and an awkward position, shuffling on its short stiff legs. Hopping numbly at times over rocks and other low obstacles, and drops itself onto its chest from top of ice slopes gliding down the ice pack, which is a much easier way of traveling or moving. Adelie penguins spends most of the time at sea swimming around the ice pack...