How to Use emperor penguin in a Sentence
emperor penguin
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The largest living penguin species is the emperor penguin, which tops out at 4 feet.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2019
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Today, their sizes range from the blue penguin, just over a foot tall, to the emperor penguin, nearly three times as big.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2018
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In contrast, the largest of the modern penguins, the emperor penguin, weighs up to 88 pounds and is a little over 4 feet tall, on average.
—Jen Christensen, CNN, 12 Dec. 2017
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In the Antarctic the food chain is relatively small and any change to a species that is lower in the food chain could impact the health of the emperor penguin (a predator).
—Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
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Compared to other penguin species, the emperor penguin is the largest, standing about four feet tall and weighing up to 100 pounds.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
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The number of emperor penguin colonies known to scientists has now grown from 62 to 66 with Fretwell's discovery.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
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By comparison, the tallest living species, the emperor penguin, reaches about four feet in height.
—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2017
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The iconic emperor penguins could all but vanish by the end of the century, another new report projects.
—Cheryl Katz, National Geographic, 4 Dec. 2019
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The survival of each new generation of emperor penguins relies on the presence of ice beneath those tiny feet.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
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Rusty-brown streaks of penguin poo seen from space have led to the discovery of eight new colonies of emperor penguin, reports Carolyn Gramling of Science News.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2020
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When a researcher with the Australian Antarctic Division left a camera near the favorite haunt of a large colony of emperor penguins, two of the birds waddled over to check the contraption out.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2018
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On the other end of the planet, a new study projected that, thanks to melting ice in Antarctica, 98 percent of the world’s emperor penguin colonies may vanish by the end of the century.
—Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
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Weighing nearly 40 pounds and standing up to three feet high, king penguins are second only to emperor penguins in size.
—National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
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In any case, the sculptures are sure to tickle some memory, because they’re based on the most iconic species, such as emperor penguins and European gray wolves.
—Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 14 Oct. 2019
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Two emperor penguins in Antarctica captured a short video of themselves after coming across a camera left on the ice by a human.
—Author: Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
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Two emperor penguins in Antarctica found a camera left by a human and captured a 38-second video of themselves.
—Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
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In contrast, today’s largest living penguin, the emperor penguin, is half as massive and shorter by half a meter.
—Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 12 Dec. 2017
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The continent is just beginning to emerge from its long polar night, when emperor penguin colonies aren’t visible in the darkness to satellites.
—Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
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The monster penguins, named Crossvallia waiparensis, would have been about twice the weight and 30 centimeters (1 foot) taller than the largest type of penguins alive today, emperor penguins.
—Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
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The research shows the Petradyptes stonehousei was slightly larger than the extant emperor penguin.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2023
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In a video shared by the Australian Antarctic Division, two emperor penguins found a camera lying on the ice and shot a quick video of themselves investigating the device.
—Natalie Dreier, ajc, 9 Mar. 2018
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These penguins, unlike their emperor penguins relatives, live and breed on ice-free islands.
—Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2018
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Other features include a six-night stay at a luxury camp near the edge of the continent, a rare visit to an emperor penguin colony and an exploration of Antarctica ice caves.
—Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
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Born without the ability to sing, a young emperor penguin expresses himself and hopes to attract a mate through his amazing dancing talent.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
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Blue penguins are native to the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand, warmer climates than where their emperor penguin relatives reside.
—Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 18 Jan. 2022
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After measuring the heart rates of diving emperor penguins and captive whales, researchers from the University of Stanford decided to try to measure the heart rates of wild whales.
—Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
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Climate change is impacting emperor penguins: Chicks are dying and extinction looms, a study finds.
—USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
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An emperor penguin colony in the Antarctic's Weddell Sea was effectively wiped out in 2016 because of record-low sea ice and early ice breakup, Jenouvrier said.
—BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
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The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday.
—Time, 24 Aug. 2023
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Explorer guests join a colony of 6,000 emperor penguins in Atka Bay, and accompany expert guides in ice tunnel trekking, kite-skiing, and a day of technical rock and ice climbing.
—Paula Conway, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
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