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Will the penguins freeze to death? Will they drown?

Hank Schrader
2021-02-23 20:03:54
Under normal circumstances, adult penguins will not freeze to death, but young penguins, old penguins and sick penguins may freeze to death, especially in cold weather such as snowstorms. Adult penguins do not freeze to death because they have a relatively perfect mechanism to keep out the cold. Feathers and fat layers can help them keep out the cold. However, the ability of young penguins to resist the cold is not perfect, and old penguins and sick penguins may also be unable to resist the cold because of their own cold resistance mechanism.
Will the penguins freeze to death? Will they drown?

1. Will penguins freeze to death

? Penguins are recognized as animals with good cold resistance. Penguins living in Antarctica can survive normally and breed here all the time. Naturally, they have very good cold resistance. Therefore, adult penguins are generally not frozen to death. Adult penguins have fully developed various body structures, their own cold-proof mechanism is very perfect, feathers are very backward, basically covering their whole body, and there is a layer of fat under the skin. Even when they are in the water, their feathers can act as a "waterproof layer" so that they are not afraid of cold water.

However, some penguins do freeze to death. These penguins are generally not adult penguins, but penguins in special situations. For example, juvenile penguins may freeze to death because their own structures are not fully developed and their cold-proof mechanisms are not yet perfect. In addition, some aging penguins or penguins who are sick for various reasons may also freeze to death. Especially when there are some snowstorms or other cold weather in the Antarctic region, some penguins will indeed freeze to death.

2. Can penguins drown? As mentioned

above, penguins generally do not freeze to death. They have a good ability to prevent cold. Penguins sometimes go to the sea. They are a special kind of bird. They can swim in the water and catch fish and shrimp as their food. As a result, penguins can briefly move around in the water without drowning. But it doesn't mean that penguins can breathe in the water. As birds, penguins, like other birds, breathe with their lungs and can't breathe in the water. So if the penguin does not come out of the water all the time, for example, if it is trapped in the water for some reason, it may drown for a long time.

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