Penguins

If you think of birds what’s the first thing that pops into your head? For me it was flying. I thought that because birds all fly right? That statement is wrong though, because an ostrich, turkey, emu, and a penguin cannot fly.   

Most of these animals can’t fly because their bodies are too big and their wings are too small. An ostrich makes sense why it can’t fly because they’re enormous while their wings aren’t so much. What doesn’t make sense to me is why a penguin can’t fly. Their wings seem big enough to get the job done. So why can’t they fly?

The penguins do have wings but, their wings are meant for swimming rather than just flying in the air. Penguins do “fly” underwater at the speed up to 15 to 25 miles per hour. As the penguins being adept swimmers, penguins spend a lot of time underwater. Some penguins spend 75 percent of their lives in the water, which is more than half their life. The thing that the penguins do have in common like any other bird is that they do lay their eggs, and raise their chicks on land. What I think is interesting about the penguins is all penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere, except penguins that live in the zoo.

I think it’s amazing how just a few birds can’t fly. Why is the reason that these few birds didn’t get the chance like any other bird? Personally I think it’s the reason what makes these birds so unique and different from all the others.