Emperor Penguin

The generic name "without-wings-diver" (ἀ-πτηνo-δύτης [a-ptēno-dytēs]) was coined by English biologist George Robert Gray in 1844 to designate emperor penguins. The German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, who accompanied Captain James Cook on his second expedition and formally described five other penguin species, is honored by the particular name. Gray named the penguin "emperor" to distinguish it from the king penguin, which was commonly called a king penguin at the time. Gray realized that the emperor penguin was a larger species than the king penguin after studying specimens.

An emperor is the male ruler of an empire, and is considered to be of the highest rank in monarchic honor. The female equivalent of emperor is empress, which may refer to an emperor's wife, mother, grandmother, or a woman who rules in her own right.

The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). Feathers of the head and back are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches.

The emperor penguin, like all penguin species, has a streamlined body, stiffened wings, and flattened flippers for a marine environment. It is also flightless. Emperor penguins, the only species of penguin that breeds in the Antarctic winter, travel 50–120 km (31–75 mi) over the ice to settle in breeding colonies that may number in the thousands.

Along with the cold, the emperor penguin experiences a significant increase in pressure during deep dives, up to 40 times the surface pressure, which would cause barotrauma in most other terrestrial animals. There is no chance of mechanical barotrauma because the penguin's bones are solid rather than air-filled.

The emperor penguin uses far less oxygen when diving because its heart rate drops to as low as 15 to 20 beats per minute and its non-essential organs shut down, allowing for longer dives. The bird can function with extremely low oxygen levels that would ordinarily cause unconsciousness because its hemoglobin and myoglobin can bind and transport oxygen at low blood concentrations.

The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter, emperor penguins trek 50–120 km (31–75 mi) over the ice to breeding colonies which can contain up to several thousand individuals.

The female lays a single egg, which is incubated for just over two months by the male while the female returns to the sea to feed; parents subsequently take turns foraging at sea and caring for their chick in the colony. The lifespan is typically 20 years in the wild, although observations suggest that some individuals may live to 50 years of age.

Emperor penguins pose no threat to people. They frequently approach people fearlessly because of their amiable and inquisitive disposition. But it's crucial to keep in mind that they are wild creatures and have to be handled carefully and with respect.

Only found in Antarctica, emperor penguins breed in colonies on the fast ice. The number of pairs in a colony might vary from a few hundred to over 20,000. With 4,000 breeding pairs, Snow Hill is thought to have the largest colony.

• Movement Pattern: Full Migrant

• Individual Type: Flock

• Gather: Congregatory (and dispersive)

• Population Trend: Increasing

• Population: ???

• Locomotion: Amphibious

• Habitat: Polar; Tundra; Taiga; Temperate Coniferous Forests; Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests; Temperate Deciduous Forests; Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands; Air-breathing Coral Reefs; Cold River; Cold Pond; Cold Littoral; Cold Intertidal; Kelp Forest; Neritic Zone (Cold); Pelagic Zone (Cold); Cold Ghost Town.

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  • Extant (resident): Antarctica

  • Extant & Vagrant: Argentina; Chile; Falkland Islands (Malvinas); French Southern Territories; Heard Island and McDonald Islands; New Zealand; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Due to the fact that the survivor is always within 12 radii of the hatching egg, penguins are quickly domesticated as they emerge from an egg. The penguin can be tamed using a whip, fish, rats, clams, or fish eggs if it hasn't already been.

Bereshit - 300,000–70,000 BCE

This animal was modified by Phanes and Khione under Project Pashnea, a scientific initiative by the Terran branch of Aesirs to create any animals, monsters, or humans in terms of their own. 

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• Afrikaans: Keiserpikkewyn

• العربية: بطريق إمبراطور

• беларуская: Імператарскі пінгвін

• български: Императорски пингвин

• català: Pingüí emperador

• čeština: Tučňák císařský

• dansk: Kejserpingvin

• Deutsch: Kaiserpinguin

• Ελληνικά: Αυτοκρατορικός πιγκουίνος

• English: Emperor Penguin

• Esperanto: Imperiestra pingveno

• Español: Pingüino emperador

• فارسی: پنگوئن امپراتور

• Suomi: Keisaripingviini

• Français: Manchot empereur

• Hebrew: פינגווין קיסרי

• Bahasa Indonesia: Pinguin kaisar

• Italian: Pinguino imperatore

• 日本語: コウテイペンギン

• 한국어: 황제펭귄

• lietuvių: Imperatoriškasis pingvinas

• മലയാളം: ചക്രവര്‍ത്തി പെന്‍‌ഗ്വിന്‍

• Nederlands: Keizerspinguïn

• norsk: Keiserpingvin

• polski: Pingwin cesarski

• português: Pinguim imperador

• русский: Императорский пингвин

• slovenčina: Tučniak cisársky

• svenska: Kejsarpingvin

• ไทย: เพนกวินจักรพรรดิ

• Türkçe: İmparator penguen

• 中文: 帝企鹅

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_penguin

• https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Aptenodytes_forsteri

• https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161829

• https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aptenodytes_forsteri/

• https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Aptenodytes_forsteri

• https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/22697752

• https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=58848B7175EB4B3C

• https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22697752/157658053

• https://www.deviantart.com/ognimdo2002/art/Emperor-Penguin-960352572