Macaroni+Penguins



Macaroni Penguins McKenzie, Emily, and Sydney 

=Habitat/Food/Prey = The Macaroni penguin lives in beaches, rocky slopes, Sub Antarctica, McDonald Islands, New Zealand, Africa, South Georgia Islands,and South Sandwich Islands! They eat krill,squid,and fish. Their prey are Leopard seals, killer whales, birds like skua gulls, and gulls!

Babies
The female brings food to the babies every one to two days. The penguins do this in order to keep warm and stay protected. In sixty to seventy days they are ready to go out to sea on their own!

The Macaroni Penguin is about 28 inches tall. They weigh about 11 pounds. They usually lay a smaller egg first and a bigger egg second. The first egg does not usually hatch.