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Mind Map by Suzanne Annable, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Suzanne Annable
about 9 years ago
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Animals in Antarctic
- Penguins
- Adelie
- 30" tall
- 11 lbs
- 2.5 million pair
- eat fish & krill
- circular mount nests made of stones & pebbles
- humans can eat eggs & meat
- white "tuxedo shirt" front
- white ring around eyes
- reddish beak with black tip
- main predator is leopard seal
- 30" tall
- Emperor
- 40" tall
- 88 lbs
- 200,000 pair
- Weddell & Ross Sea regions
- eat fish, squid & crustacens
- no nests
- largest of all penguins
- most biologically interesting
- remain in Antarctica permanently
- only Antarctic bird that breeds in winter
- male can lose 1/3 of body weight when caring for a chick
- 40" tall
- Gentoo
- 30" tall
- 12 lbs
- 300,000 pair
- eats fish & krill
- high snow free grounds for nests
- large breeding colonies on South Georgia Island
- bright red-orange bills
- white patches behind eyes
- long stiff tail feathers stick out when they walk
- 30" tall
- Adelie
- Seals
- Elephant Seals
- Males - 20' long
- Females - 10' long
- 4 ton
- 1 ton
- 700,000 individuals
- eat fish, squid
- named for massive size
- trunk-like noses
- cumbersome on land
- few if any predators
- can dive underwater for a couple hours
- males compete quite aggressively for breeding rights
- Males - 20' long
- Leopard Seals
- 10' long
- 750 lbs
- 250,000
- eats penguins, fish, squid, krill
- considered most ferocious seal in Antarctic
- will prey on other seals
- impressively long, sharp teeth
- solitary by nature
- may live for 26+ years
- only known predator is the Killer Whale
- 10' long
- Elephant Seals
- Other Birds
- Albatross
- 21 species
- 11' wingspan
- 18 lbs
- 21,000 pairs
- eat fish, squid
- live about 50 years
- can live to 80-85 years
- often follow visiting ships
- considered to be most majestic of all Antarctic birds
- mainly white
- supreme gliders
- 21 species
- Polar Skuas
- 4' wingspan
- 4 lbs
- several thousand pair
- eat fish, squid, eggs, chicks, carrion, krill
- large, heavily built
- look like immature gulls
- live near Adelie penguins
- nickname of "Raptor of the South"
- live about 11 years
- 4' wingspan
- Snow Petrel
- 1.5' wingspan
- 1 lb
- 1000 pairs
- eat fish, krill, squid, mollusks, carrion
- name means "Little Peter"
- dense plummage
- webbed feet
- deeply grooved & hooked bills
- 1.5' wingspan
- Albatross
- www.antarcticconnection.com
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