s the mating process as opposed to the male penguin. Any type of communication carried on between the male and female is strictly audible. The penguins rely heavily on their acute sense of hearing and speech. The actual mating sequence occurs in the dead of cold, which astonishes many scientists and researchers. After the fertilization is through the female lays softball sized egg, and leaves to go search for food for two months. It is then the duty of the male penguin to incubate and warm the small egg while it matures and grows.The Emperor penguins are a fairly new species of animals that scientists have found and researched. Their technical, scientific name is referred to as Aptenodytes Forsteri. (Oeland 62) They tend to stick together during the incubation period, as few as 100 and as many as 60,000 male penguins have been seen together warming their young. While they are keeping the offspring warm they huddle together in these large groups to combine and trap body heat that each penguin generates. During this “huddle” the penguins have been noticed to shuffle around, moving in and out of the circles to give others time away from the wind. These male penguins sit on the eggs, without moving great distances or lengths, for a complete sixty-five days waiting for the females to return. This means that the male penguins must store up enough body fat to last them for the entire two months that they are incubating. The Emperor penguins have the same body temperature as a human, but their temperature with the fur is the same as a human wearing twenty-two pounds of clothing. Unlike the humans though, the mature mating age for an emperor penguin is four years. After two months of faithful and constant warmth from the paternal side of the baby chick it is hatched into the world. Usually the mother arrives with a food supply for the chick at the same time of its birth. Unfortunately, due to the harsh weather conditi...
