| Females usually lay 2 eggs
at a time. The second chick is the stronger one, the first chick
will quite often die. The Rock hopper chicks have a black, grey and white
stomach. The Emperor chicks have distinctive black and grey feathers.
The males can lose more than half their body weight by incubating the eggs. The greatest amount of penguins
breeding together are found in rookeries. They gather together
in a big colony to lay their eggs.
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| Penguins will choose their
mate when they are approximately four years of age.
They will stay with the same mate all their lives. The females will not get of their eggs to defend their eggs. When the female penguins feed their chicks they regurgitate their food. They put their heads on their sides and their chicks eat from their mouths. |
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