Adelie+Penguins

=** ﻿﻿﻿ ** ADELIE PENGUINS BY: Brenna Burns and Anish Reddy =

= Characteristics: Adelie penguins are the smallest of the penguins living on the Antarctica continent. They make their nests in circular mounds made of small stones and pebbles. =

= Habitat: They live in rookeries,which are communities of up to 300,000 birds. They like to live in southerly shallow water and prefer higher amounts of ice cover and iceburgs. =

= Food: Adelie penguins feed mostly on Antarctica krill, but also supplement their diet with small fish, squid and cephalopods. They feed on fish,krill squid and amphipods. =

= Predators: The Adelie penguins predators include Skua gulls.The Adelie penguins main predator is the Leopard seal, which often lie in and beneath the ledges. =

= Babies: Adelie penguin chicks grow the fastest of all penguins.The Adelie penguins breeding season begins in early spring. =

= **Other interesting facts:** Adelie penguins are about 30 inches tall. Adelie penquins were named after the wife of a french explorer in the 1830s. =

= Future for these animals: The Adelie penguins can be affected by global warming by reducing the number of antarctic Krill, which is due to the number of sea algae. Adelie penguins are a long way from extinction. =  media type="file" key="anish.MOV" width="300" height="300" media type="file" key="brenna.MOV" align="right" width="300" height="300"