Animals

This week, I introduce animals antarctic. In Antarctic, there are many interesting animals. The animals living to endure cold of antarctic. They have a higher warm function than human. We will take a look at the ecology of such animals!

In Antarctica, penguins, blue whales, orcas, and seals are living.
I will first introduce the penguin. Penguin has been living on the base of land, can also swim. And, Penguin has been called the Antarctic seabird, but can not fly. Penguin is a carnivorous, and  prey such as fish and crustaceans, cephalopods. Natural enemies of penguins are leopard seals, killer whales, sharks. Emperor penguin of the largest species breed in Antarctica in winter to reach -60 ℃. For this reason, Penguin is said to be the world's most demanding parenting bird.

Blue whales are the largest extant species. And, even including dinosaurs and animals as long as they are confirmed once existed on the planet, Blue whales is the largest species in all known animal. It has been confirmed that of 34 m length! Whales mainly eat plankton, small fish and sardines. Very low at around 10 000 head in total, Bule whales has been designated as an endangered species. In recent years, however, the population has continued to increase every year.

Orcas is a very active animal.Orcas  is one of the organisms that can swim speed range to 60-70km per hour, and is the fastest swimming animal in mammals. Orcas is carnivorous.Orcas located on the top of the food chain in the ocean and natural enemies in nature do not exist of excluding a man to use a weapon. Orca has a high intelligence. And, from the fact that many prey organisms, known as very fierce predators greedy.

Seals inhabit wide range of waters such asthe tropical from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Seals are generally eating fish and squid.Short hair is growing in the body of the seal, has been used as a fur. Seals are known to have a superior ability diving. There is a record that is northern elephant seal dive to 1,500 m. Seal has a feature adapted to diving. For example, can withstand high water pressure by discharging almost all air in the lungs and can close the nasal.


You might have seen these animals in zoos. If you have ever seen, you are luck.
If you became interested in Antarctica by introduced animals animal, I'm glad.And if given the opportunity, please go to the zoo to look at the animals I introduced today.