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Chinstrap Penguin Yasmin and Jaden

Characteristics: Chinstrap penguins weigh up to thirteen pounds. And they stand up to twenty-seven inches tall. Chinstrap penguins have a lifespan up to fifteen to twenty years. They can swim up to fifty miles per hour. Chinstrap penguins live in a colony. They have a narrow black band under their head.

Habitat: They live in Antarctica and the islands surrounding it. Most chinstrap penguins live on the Sandwich islands.

Food: Chinstrap penguins mostly eat krill, fish, shrimp, and other crustaceans. Chinstrap penguins dive off a iceberg and dive in the water to catch their food.

Predators: Their predators are fur seals, leopard seals, killer whales, and sharks. A predator for the baby is a sea bird.

Babies: Chinstrap penguins lay two eggs. The Mom and Dad sit on the egg for six day shifts. The egg hatches in one month.

Other Interesting Facts: They build circular nests out of rocks ﻿ .These penguins are social.They are sometimes called stone cracker penguins because they have high pitch calls. The scientific name is Pygoscelis Antartica.

Future: These penguins are endangerd. Global warning is threatining the survil of the chinstrap penguinin. The Antartic melting sea ice is destroying their nesting grounds where they lay their eggs. Over fishing is making their food scarce warming of the Antartic leads lower numbers of their food. media type="file" key="jaden y.MOV"media type="file" key="yasmin.MOV" align="right"