In fact, thousands of years ago, there was an Arctic penguin in the Arctic. Their height is 60 cm, their heads are brown and their feathers on their backs are black. They are very much like gentlemen in evening dresses, and their number reaches millions at the most. Although their names are big penguins, they are actually not penguins at all. Their nickname is great auk, belonging to Lycopodiaceae, and penguins belong to Penguinidae, which means that the Arctic giant penguin is not a penguin.
About 1000 years ago, pirates in northern Europe discovered this giant penguin. That is, after this, the disaster of the big penguin colony came, especially after the16th century, the Arctic exploration boom rose, and the big penguin colony became the target of exploration, sailors and indigenous people to kill. Due to the long-term indiscriminate killing, it eventually led to the complete extinction of the Arctic penguin colony.
Almost all the known 18 species of penguins live in the southern hemisphere. Penguins like cold, and a few penguins live in hot areas. Most penguins live in relatively cold areas. Although there are not many species of penguins living in the Antarctic, the number is the largest. According to long-term observation and speculation by ornithologists, there are about 65.438+0.2 billion penguins living in Antarctica, accounting for about 87% of the total number of penguins in the world.
Penguins can be said to be excellent swimmers. There must be many conditions suitable for penguins to survive in Antarctica. Plenty of food in the sea provides excellent conditions for penguins to survive. Now penguins live well in Antarctica. So we can hardly see penguins in the zoo, because we can't provide a suitable living environment for penguins. Antarctica is the best place for them to live. I hope that humans, nature and Antarctic penguins can live a good life and not invade each other.