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Spheniscus demersus, Print, The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink., 1700-1880.

Spheniscus demersus, Print, The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink., 1700-1880.
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Spheniscus demersus, Print, The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink., 1700-1880
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Keywords:
1700-1880 • 24–28 • 4.9–7.7 LB • 60–70 CM • ADULTS WEIGH • AFRICAN PENGUIN SENDS • AFRICAN PENGUIN • AIR SURROUNDING • AVERAGE 2.2–3.5 KG • BLACK BAND • BLACK FACIAL MASK • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • BLOOD • BODY UPPERPARTS • BODY • CADAVER • CAUSÉS • CHANGING TEMPERATURES • COOLED • COPE • CORPS • CORPSE • DARKER SHADE • DEAD BODY • DISTINCTIVE PINK PATCHES • EXTANT PENGUINS • EYE • EYEBALLS • EYES HELPS • EYES • FLATTENED • FLIGHTLESS • FLIPPERS • FUR • GLAND • GLANDS • MARINE HABITAT • MARKED • NEGRA • PENGUIN CONFINED • PINK GLAND • PINK • POLKA DOTS • POLKA-DOTTED • PRINT • SANGUINE • SHARPLY DELINEATED • SKIN • SOUTHERN AFRICAN WATERS • SPECIES • SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS • SPOTTED • STREAMLINED BODY • TALL • TEMPERATURE GETS HOTTER • TURN • WHITE UNDERPARTS • WINGS STIFFENED