Penguins are loved by many people. People like their looks and the way they sway when waking. In fact, Penguins are birds that only live in the southern pole and can not 1 .
Among penguin species (种类), Emperor penguins are the 2 . Most adult penguins are about 1.1 meters and weigh 35 kilograms or more. For many months each year, emperors live near the sea in large groups. 3 , in May, the weather gets colder and ice covers large areas of ocean. Each group moves many kilometers from the water. There, each mother penguin 4 just one egg. Then all the hungry mothers must walk back to the ocean to find 5 . The father penguins put their eggs on top of their feet, under a special piece of skin called the brood pouch.
For two months, the father penguins keep the eggs 6 and warm. They do this through some of the coldest weather conditions on Earth. By July, it is winter in Antarctica. Most animals 7 warmer places, but the father penguins stay.
By August, the mother penguin returns just in time to see her baby come out of its egg. The baby is then moved to her brood pouch. This can be difficult. 8 the baby fails, it can freezes quickly, so the penguin parents must be very careful.
By December, winter is 9 . The baby is five months old and can live on its own. Soon it enters the water for the 10 time. It will swim and eat until next April, and then return here. After a few more years, it, too, will start its own family.
