Animals Of Antarctica
Animals FOund In Antarctica:
Narwhal Shrimp/Krill Sperm Whale Arctic Fur Seal
Rockhopper Penguin Leopard Seal Ross Seal
Emperor Penguin Blue Whale Southern Elephant Seal
King Penguin Humpback Whale Gentoo Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin Weddell Seal Royal Penguin
Adelie Penguin Killer Whale/ Orca Minke Whale
Arctic Tern Crabeater Seal Sei Whale
Black-Browed Albatross Fin Whale Macaroni Penguin
Narwhal Shrimp/Krill Sperm Whale Arctic Fur Seal
Rockhopper Penguin Leopard Seal Ross Seal
Emperor Penguin Blue Whale Southern Elephant Seal
King Penguin Humpback Whale Gentoo Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin Weddell Seal Royal Penguin
Adelie Penguin Killer Whale/ Orca Minke Whale
Arctic Tern Crabeater Seal Sei Whale
Black-Browed Albatross Fin Whale Macaroni Penguin
Southern Elephant Seal
Facts
- A male can grow to be 20 ft long
- Can weigh up to 8,800 pounds (males)
- Can weigh up to 880-2,000 pounds (females)
- Is the world's largest seal
- A male is fully grown in eight years
- They breed and give birth September to November
- They are found in the Eastern Pacific
- Northern Elephant Seals are much smaller than the Southern Elephant Seals
- They eat fish and squid and occasionally eat bioluminecent prey
Narwhal
Facts
- They are called the Unicorns of the sea
- They are one of the rarest whales in the world
- There diet consists of fish,squid,and shrimp
- A newborn calf is 5ft long
- They are closely related to Bottle Nosed Dolphins
- They swim in groups from 15 to 20
- They are also related to Belugas, Harbor Porpoises, and Orcas
Chinstrap Penguin
Facts
- The males are taller than the females
- They are one of the most aggressive species of penguin
- 95% of there diet consists of krill
- They can weigh 5 to 9 pounds
- They live 15 to 20 years
- They lay two eggs during mating season
- They mate with the same partner every year
- They can recognize there mate
- They lay the eggs in November and they hatch in January
- They are good climbers
- They usually migrate a little for mating
Minke Whale
Facts
- Can weigh up to 14 tons
- Can grow 22 to 24 feet long
- Have a population over 750,000
- Usually travel alone or in pods of 2 to 3
- They breed during the Summer months
- They have one calf every two years
- They live 30 to 50 years
- Females are usually a little bit larger than the males
- They reach maturity between ages 6 and 8
- They eat small fish, krill, cod, herring, etc
Leopard Seal
Facts
- They are the second largest of the seal group
- They can grow to 11 feet long
- Can weigh up to 1,300 pounds
- Females are smaller than the males
- They are the most aggressive species of seal
- They eat fish, krill, penguins, and other small seals
- They are very solitary unlike other species of seals
- It isn't uncommon to see them by themselves or with only one or two other seals
- Because of the Leopard Seals aggression there is alot of researches don't know about there reproduction
Arctic Tern
Facts
- They double there weight in the Summer
- They hunt and eat things twice there size
- They migrate over 44,000 miles every year
- Make the longest migration of any bird
- They are 13 to 15 inches in length
- Have a wingspan of over two feet
- They live 3 to 4 years
- They eat fish, insects, and crustaceans
- They mate for life
- They usually lay 1 to 2 eggs in each clutch
Ross Seal
Facts
- CAN LIVE UP TO 20 YEARS
- THERE DIET CONSISTS OF FISH, SQUID, AND KRILL
- THEY GIVE BIRTH TO ONE PUP
- THEY REACH SEXUAL MATURITY AT THE AGES OF 2 TO 4
- THERE ONLY PREDATORS ARE LEOPARD SEALS, AND KILLER Whales/Orcas
- They are dark grey/brown
- Females are larger than males
- They are much smaller than Leopard and Crabeater Seals
- They have a wider head and a shorter snout than other seal so it makes them different from other species of seals
Rockhopper Penguin
Facts
- They eat fish, krill, and squid
- They live for about 10 years
- They communicate with others by shaking there heads, moving there flippers around, and by bowing
- They fight for food, nesting locations, and mating partners
- They weigh about 5 ounds when they are a fully grown adult
- They are the world's smallest penguin
- They are very loud and aggressive birds
- They were named because of the way they jump from rock to rock
- There predators are leopard Seals, Fur Seals, and BLue Sharks
- They have a population of 4 million
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