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=Chinstrap Penguins=

** The Chinstrap penguin has orange feet, a black beak, brown eyes, and and chinstrap under its throat. **
====** The Chinstrap penguins are recognized by the narrow band of black which goes from ear to ear,just under the chin.Chinstrap peguins are about two feet tall and weigh about ten pounds. **====

Habitat

 * The Chinstrap penguin lives mainly on the barren islands of the sub- Artarctic, icebergs,and the Antarctic Peninsula. **

Food/Prey

 * Chinstrap penguins like to eat krill, small fish,and other roaming marine crustarens. **

Predators

 * The principal predators of adult Chinstrap penguins are lepord seals and sea lions.They also have to worry about eggnapper birds like the Sheathbill and Skus. **



Babies

 * The chicks are born after 33 to 45 days of incbution. The chicks stay in the nest til they are 20 to 30 days old. They have feathers to keep them warm. They huddle together with other young penguins for warmth and pretection. The baby penguins will be fully fledged within 7 to 8 weeks. The female Chinstrap penguin lays two eggs in either November or December. **

Other Intreresting Facts

 * Chinstrap penguins are the second most common penguins. There are about 13 million to 15 million of them. They are the boldest and the most aggressive of all the penguins. **

Future
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 * Although population changes have been detected among other colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula seems to be stable. **