Erect-crested+Penguin

= __//**ERECT-CRESTED PENGUIN**//__=

//Eudyptes sclateri//
Contributed by Bayley11/Brad11

//__**Distribution:**__//
Erect-crested penguins spend their winter at sea and come to land to breed. They live in the cold temperate sub-Antarctic regions and breed off New Zealand in the Antipodes, Campbell, Auckland and Bounty Islands.a and come to land to breed. They live in the cold temperate sub-Antarctic regions and breed off New Zealand in the Antipodes, Campbell, Auckland and Bounty Islands.

=SIZE:= This is a medium-sized, yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin, growing to approximately 60cm. [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erect-crested_penguin]

=DIET:= http://www.penguins.cl/erect-penguins.htm
 * Little is known about the erect-crested's diet, but it is thought that they are pelagic feeders, dining on fish and krill near the surface.**

=POPULATION:= The current status of this penguin is endangered due to population decline and a small breeding range restricted to two locations. The current population is estimated at 154,000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erect-crested_penguin

=LIFESPAN:= Crested penguins are long-lived birds and rarely breed before their 5th year. http://www.eliasdesigns.com/penguins/crested.htm

=HABITAT:= Erect-crested penguins are found near the Antipodes Islands and Bounty Islands. http://www.whaletimes.org/erectcrested.htm =RANGE:= Erect-penguins are found in the bounty Antipodes Islands.

=**OFFSPRING:**= Our results seemed to confirm the benefits of breeding in a crowd. The size of both first and second eggs tended to increase as the colony filled up and became more boisterous. Very early breeding pairs tended to lose their first egg immediately, suggesting that the adults were not ready to care for it properly. The brood patches of both female and male crested penguins take several days to become fully vascularized and suitable for incubation; work by my students on yellow-eyed penguins, the crested penguins' closest living relatives, has shown that the presence of an egg stimulates the development of the brood patch. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_9_110/ai_80061815/pg_5 = = = = =**INTERESTING FACTS:**=

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 * Penguins are cute, cuddly, shy animals.
 * What you will need:
 * a large egg-shaped object- (a softball is about the right size)
 * a long, large pillow
 * a belt or rope to hold the pillow up
 * another person to help
 * Step: 1
 * Take off your shoes but leave your socks on.
 * Place the pillow on your stomach and use the belt or rope to hold it up.
 * Leave enough of the pillow hanging so it touches the tops of your feet.


 * Step: 2
 * Balance the egg shape on the top of your feet.
 * Place the pillow on top of the egg.
 * Try walking without losing the egg.


 * Questions to discuss:
 * 1) Was it easy or hard to walk?
 * 2) Were you able to keep the egg from rolling off your feet?
 * 3) Describe the kind of walking you had to do to keep the egg from rolling off.
 * 4) What did the pillow help do to the egg?
 * 5) What does the penguin have that is like the pillow?
 * 6) Why do you think penguins don't make nests to use for hatching their eggs?http://www.siec.k12.in.us/%7Ewest/proj/penguins/activity2.html