HOW DO BABY EMPEROR PENGUINS SURVIVE?
Male penguins incubate the eggs by covering them with their brood pouch just above their feet while the eggs rest on their feet for two months, while the females go out to sea to hunt for food.
The eggs hatch just in time when the female penguins arrive from the sea with bellies loaded with food. The chicks hide from the cold by hiding in the females’ brood pouch located above the penguin’s feet. The baby penguins are fed on regurgitated food while the males go out to sea to hunt for themselves.
Outside the mother’s pouch, the chicks would die almost immediately. During summer, when the ice melts, the young ones start hunting for themselves in the sea near the breeding grounds.
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