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Adelie Penguin

Fun Adelie Penguin Facts

June 29, 2009 in New Birds, Penguins and Fun Facts with 46 comments
Birdorable Adelie Penguin

Here are some fun facts about Adélie Penguins:

  • The Adélie Penguin is the smallest species of penguin to be found in the Antarctic;
  • Adélie Penguins breed and raise their young farther south than any other penguin;
  • Adélie Penguins can live to be up to 20 years old;
  • A colony of Adélie Penguins can be made up of 100 to 250,000 pairs of birds;
  • There are about 5 million Adélie Penguins in the world living in 38 different colonies (that seems like a lot, but in the last 25 years Adélie penguin populations have dropped by 65% due to sea ice reduction and scarcity of food);
  • The Adélie Penguin was named in 1840 by French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville after his wife, Adélie;
  • The penguins in the 2005 animated feature film Madagascar are presumed to be Adélie Penguins, and the main character in the 2006 film Happy Feet is an Emperor Penguin who befriends a group of Adélie Penguins with a Mexican accent.
Antarctic: Signy Island - Adelie penguins
Photo by Mark van de Wouw
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Comments

Shawty on December 15, 2009 at 4:10 PM wrote:
Awl these guys are just perfect 4 my schl project
makeh on December 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM wrote:
Awww to cute. i luv this site. it gave me all the facts i needed. thnx
Christy on December 16, 2010 at 6:05 PM wrote:
Da Adelie penguins r soooooooooo cute!!!!!!! No wonder they r on Birdorable.com,theyre so adorable!!!!!!! and these fun facts r just wat i need 4 my school project!!!!!! :^)
cassidy on January 9, 2011 at 3:04 PM wrote:
:^)
cassidy on January 9, 2011 at 3:06 PM wrote:
awwwww they are sooooooo adorable just what i need 4 my school project
jessica on January 29, 2011 at 5:44 PM wrote:
aaaaaaaaaweee this helped alot on my little brothers project
DOUBLE K on April 14, 2011 at 12:22 PM wrote:
these adelie penguins look like toys! they are going 2 be a good A+ on my penguin report !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are such cute little penguins :)
CJ on May 16, 2011 at 6:11 PM wrote:
The 2006 movie is "Happy Feet" mot happy penguin :P
CJ on May 16, 2011 at 6:11 PM wrote:
*not
Birdorable on May 16, 2011 at 7:40 PM wrote:
Oops, CJ, thanks for the correction!
Dom V on May 26, 2011 at 4:27 PM wrote:
those penguins rock. Adelie penguins all the way. Perfect for my project
Alice on June 9, 2011 at 7:51 PM wrote:
Thanks just what i needed for my adelie penguin project =)
elmo on November 2, 2011 at 11:30 AM wrote:
i love this website gave me all facts needed thnks
izzy on November 22, 2011 at 7:13 PM wrote:
i just love this it gave me all the write imfortmation and it just finished of my school project. thanks alot izzy
Barbra on January 24, 2012 at 5:54 PM wrote:
Hey thnx for the information it helpped aolt on my 4-H project Barbra
Coolchick on March 23, 2012 at 12:29 PM wrote:
Fun fun fun 12345678910
Coggo on March 30, 2012 at 5:55 PM wrote:
This is perfect for my geography assignment! It gave me all the right facts I needed and the pictures are gonna help too. Thanks alot mate! Coggo
niamh de groot on June 14, 2012 at 8:35 PM wrote:
awesome facts!
Happypenguins on September 11, 2012 at 4:28 PM wrote:
i luv these little guys my teacher was like omg u need a A++ for this project!!! and i did :D
her da derp's sister on November 12, 2012 at 3:52 PM wrote:
i love penguins, small things, and cure small pewnguins. THEY R PERFECT!!!!!!!!!
ryan on November 13, 2012 at 12:24 PM wrote:
cute penguins i love themso much
gwapl1 on November 15, 2012 at 2:06 AM wrote:
thanks it help me a lot
bblbsbfsbf on December 12, 2012 at 12:26 AM wrote:
awwww so cute
Jayde on January 8, 2013 at 1:07 PM wrote:
ADELIE PENGUINS ARE SO CUTE. :^)
Muskaan on January 13, 2013 at 8:29 PM wrote:
These facts are awesome for my project!:)
Muskaan on January 13, 2013 at 8:44 PM wrote:
Adelie penguins are sooooo cute,
liz on January 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM wrote:
Sooooo Cute. I found all the information i needed!!! thanks so much birdorable LIZ P.s you can talk to me:):) :)
wairaa on June 17, 2015 at 8:00 AM wrote:
oh me god these are actually the mst adorable things <3333333
Jadalie C. Medeiros on September 29, 2015 at 7:38 PM wrote:
Loved these guys. They helped a lot on my PowerPoint. They are so cute. Thanks for the fun facts.😋😊
t on September 30, 2015 at 1:12 PM wrote:
hi
momo on October 5, 2015 at 1:52 PM wrote:
love this website omg
bob on November 17, 2015 at 6:56 PM wrote:
really liked these comments helped alot for my project :)
Penguin lover on November 19, 2015 at 10:01 PM wrote:
I LUV PENGUINS, Adelie Penguins are so Cute
person on November 25, 2015 at 2:22 AM wrote:
it helped me on my project for school so much
oli on January 23, 2016 at 7:59 AM wrote:
soooooooooooooooo cute
Awesome on January 29, 2016 at 10:55 AM wrote:
It helped me a lot on my work
Awesome on January 29, 2016 at 10:55 AM wrote:
It helped me a lot on my work
Gabby on February 22, 2016 at 10:14 AM wrote:
This website helped me so much on my school project!
Natalie on February 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM wrote:
OMG penguins are so cute
Bethany Purcell on June 19, 2016 at 9:38 PM wrote:
Omg I luv this. They're so adorable
zake on August 3, 2016 at 1:01 AM wrote:
this has helped my project love this website
Heather Richards on November 13, 2016 at 11:24 PM wrote:
I'm into penguins. So CUTE!
Alicia on February 16, 2017 at 7:34 PM wrote:
cutie pie penguin
Dakota on February 28, 2018 at 7:18 PM wrote:
Sooooooooo cute😍
Andrew on September 25, 2018 at 9:10 PM wrote:
this is antarctica and penguins
Andrew on November 19, 2018 at 7:46 PM wrote:
adelie penguins in the south pole. this is the life

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