Information Report

Today I wrote an information report about penguins. First we made a copy of the note taking and wrote

down information about what penguins eat, look like, and where they live. We finished off the note

taking before we wrote the information report. We made the notes beacause it would be the only thing we look

at when writing the information report. We then started to write down our information report using the

notes that we made.

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Did you know that penguins live in the most coldest places around the country like Antarctica, Australia and others countries around the earth. Penguins can live upto 20 years. Penguins live in the cold places, because it makes them feel warm. They have a special type of oil that helps them preen their feathers.

Did you know that the appearance of a penguin is amazing. Their ear holes have feathers covering it. They also have short legs, and they have thick layers of fat. They have a white belly and a black back. They have a beak so when they eat they are able to use it. They  can dive in the water 550 metres deep. Their weight is 2 to 25 kg, and their height is 1.3 meters tall.

Guess what! Penguins eat krill, fish, squid, crustaceans, cephalopods and other small ocean animals. Most interestingly penguins can’t taste their prey. They swim under the ice water and they catch their prey once at a time. The mother of the baby penguins goes and hunts for food. The mother Penguin hunts for 2 months looking for food while the father penguin is looking after the baby penguin. The father feeds the babies, while the mum brings a belly with food in it.

Penguins live in Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the north and south equator. The areas that penguins live in is snow places that are cold, icey, land, and snowy mountains. They also live in the forest of Tawaki in New Zealand.

Did you know that penguins spend their time up to 75% of their lives under water. Also another fact is penguins can’t cry, and did you know that they huddle in a circle to be protected and warm when it’s winter.