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Can you guess my bird?

  • Adults keep chicks warm.

  • Almost 4 feet tall.

  • Lives on icebergs.

  • Yellow, white, black.

  • Do not make nests.

  • Grows to 110 cm tall.

  • Eats fish and squid.

  • Fights with beak.

  • Spikey tongues help hold fish.

  • Wings as paddles.

  • Feet as rudders.

  • Can swim 15 miles per hour.

  • Gather nesting colonies mid-winter.

  • Fast  swimmer.

  • Lays one egg.

  • Enemies: leopard seals, gulls.

  • Strong beak

  • Male keeps egg, chicks warm for two months.

  • Feeds fish to chicks.


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