| A | B |
|---|
| tobogganing | a penguin gliding on its belly and pushing with its feet |
| colonies | large groups of penguins found on shore |
| molting | shedding old feathers and growing new ones |
| fledging | chick heading to the sea for the first time |
| porpoising | bursting out of the water into the air to breathe while swimming |
| trumpeting | name for a penguin's chatter |
| Emperor penguin | the largest penguin |
| Little Blue penguin | the smallest penguin |
| waddling | the way a penguin walks |
| brood pouch | a pouch of skin where some penguins store their eggs |
| rookery | a place where penguins gather and build their nests |
| krill | a small shellfish that is a favorite penguin food |
| creche | a nursery where the baby chicks squeeze together for warmth and safety |
| Adelie penguin | lives at Antaractica and builds nests of pebbles |
| Rockhopper penguin | it has a red beak, red eyes, yellow eyebrows, and yellow plumes |
| plumes | long, fluffy feathers |
| Southern Hemisphere | part of world where penguins live |
| regurgitate | to bring food from the stomach back into the mouth to feed the babies |
| 70 | number of penguin feathers per square inch |
| 17 | the number of different penguin species |
