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Channel: Today I Found Out
Categories: Biology   |   Environmental   |   Science  
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There are many different species of penguin, and while our minds might take us to those living in the Antarctic tundras, freezing feet isn’t something every penguin has to contend with. In fact, there are some species of penguin living on the equator that need their feet to be cool to help them battle the heat.

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http://www.livescience.com/32495-why-dont-penguin-feet-freeze-on-ice.html
http://www.howitworksdaily.com/environment/why-dont-penguins-feet-freeze/
http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/bare-feet/
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/03/how-emperor-penguins-survive-antarcticas-subzero-cold/
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/04/14-fun-facts-about-penguins/
http://www.livescience.com/27434-penguin-facts.html

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https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-193650826/stock-photo-a-flock-of-antarctic-penguins-stands-on-the-beach-near-the-water-penguins-look-in-the-direction-of-the-water-one-penguin-is-turned-with-his-back-to-the-camera-the-foreground-is-blurred
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-157910468/stock-photo-group-of-king-penguins-in-a-colony-it-s-the-second-largest-species-of-penguin-in-size-second-only-to-the-emperor-penguin
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-162644816/stock-photo-african-penguin-%28-spheniscus-demersus%29
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-197892091/stock-photo-gentoo-penguin-walking-on-snow-in-antarctic-peninsula%2C-antarctica
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-184824853/stock-photo-emperor-penguin-standing-on-snow-clear-day-close-up-antarctica
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-184824676/stock-photo-emperor-penguin-standing-on-snow-clear-day-close-up-antarctica
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-199005904/stock-photo-king-penguin-with-an-egg-between-the-feet%2C-aptenodytes-patagonicus%2C-saunders-falkland-islands-malvinas
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-177540547/stock-photo-the-african-penguin-being-off-one-s-legs
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-86806334/stock-photo-small-group-of-penguin-chicks-with-red-beaks-and-legs-are-on-the-black-rock-antarctica-vernadsky-research-base
https://www.bigstockphoto.com/ru/image-194716843/stock-photo-emperor-penguin-near-colony

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