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Penguin Feather

Submitted by angelinamart on Fri, 02/08/2019 - 14:07

Figure 1. Penguine feather morphology is different during their juvenille stage and adult stage. Baby penguin is called a nestling and they have a soft fur-like feather that is much fuzzy than the adult penguine's feather coating. The length of the feather is longer than adult feather. Due to this feather morphology, nestlings do not have a streamline shape of body, raher it has a round fluffy body shape. This feather is suitable for nestlings to maintain body teperature in the cold artic weather. Available at https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4014/4696423445_4705431d8f_z_d.jpg by Ron Hopkins

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