Dinner Time
Penguins eat seafood. Their main
diet is fish, though they'll also eat squid, small shrimplike animals
called "krill" (see photo to the right) and crustaceans.
If you look closely at a penguin's bill
you'll notice a hook at the end, perfect for grabbing dinner. They
also have backward facing bristles on their tongues that helps slippery
seafood from getting away.
Penguins don't live near freshwater -- at
least none that isn't frozen. Instead they drink salt water.
They have a special gland in their bodies that takes the salt out of the
water they drink and pushes it out of grooves in their bill. A
handy in-house filtration system! |
