I-King Penguin (lat.Aptenodytes patagonicus) ingeyomndeni wakwaPenguin (Spheniscidae). Usayizi wayo ungowesibili kuphela kwi-Emperor penguin (i-Aptenodytes forsteri), kepha uyidlula engutsheni ekhanyayo. Ummeleli owaziwa kakhulu walolu hlobo lweduna kwakungu owesilisa ogama lakhe linguNils Ulaf wase-Edinburgh Zoo eScotland. Ngo-1972, wamukelwa kwinkonzo yokuhlonishwa yeRoyal Norway Guard ngesikhundla sebhizinisi futhi waba isifanekiselo seRoyal Edinburgh Military Orchestra Parade.
Ngenxa yentshiseko yakhe yokusebenzela i-penguin ngo-Agasti 15, 2008, ngesikhathi evakashele inkosi yaseNorway uHarald V e-Edinburgh, wanikezwa isihloko sokuba yi-knight, kwathi isithombe sakhe sobhedu savela emnyango we-zoo yendawo. Kusukela kulolu suku kufanele kuthintwe uSir Niels Olaf III kuphela.
Ngo-Agasti 22, 2016, i-penguin yenkosi yathuthukiswa kakhulu ukuba yi-brigadier general futhi yaba inyoni yokuqala emlandweni waseNorway ukufinyelela ezikhundleni eziphakeme kangaka.
Ukusatshalaliswa
Lolu hlobo luhlala esiqhingini esingaphansi kwe-45 ° kuya ku-55 ° eningizimu. Kunezinhlobo ezimbili ezingaphansi: A.p. i-patagonicus ne-A.p. halli. Ama-King penguins ikakhulukazi agwema indawo eshisayo yeqhwa futhi akha amakoloni ngaphezu kwemingcele yawo. Izindawo ezinkulu kunazo zonke ezidla izindwani eziqhingini zaseNingizimu Georgia, Macquarie, Hurd, MacDonald, Kerguelen nasePrince Edward.
Esiqhingini saseFalkland, ama-king penguins esidleke nePapuan (Pygoscelis papua). EPatagonia, izinyoni eziningi ziyaqapheleka ngesikhathi sokuncibilikisa, imvamisa esiqhingini sase-Estados esiqhingini saseTierra del Fuego. Ikoloni elincane litholakala eStrait of Magellan. Amakoloni amaningi atholakala ogwini futhi esiqhingini saseCrozet kuphela, esi-1300 kuya ku-1500 m kusuka emanzini asogwini.
Imingcele eqondile yobubanzi ngaphandle kwesikhathi sokudlela ayisaziwa ngokuthembekile. Imvamisa, izinhlobonhlobo ngazinye zifinyelela ogwini lwaseNingizimu Afrika, e-Australia, eNew Zealand nasePenarula ye-Antarctic. Isibalo sabantu silinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-3-4 abantu, okukhona kubo izidleke ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-200 eSouth Georgia kuphela.
Ukuziphatha
Ama-penguins ama-King asebenzisa iningi lesikhathi sawo emanzini. Efuna ukudla, ahamba kancane endaweni yasemanzini ngejubane elijwayelekile elingaba ngu-6-10 km / h. Emhlabeni, izinyoni zihambahamba ngokungafani nezinhlobo ezihlobene, ezivama ukweqa nxazonke.
Cishe i-30% yezinyoni ziqhubeka nobuhlobo bomshado nabalingani bazo ngonyaka olandelayo, ezinye zithanda ukwenza amabhangqa amasha. Bahloniphana bodwa ngezikhala ezimfushane ze-monosyllabic ezithatha imizuzwana engu-0,4 ziye ku-0.8. Izinyoni ziyamemeza emhlabeni, ziphakamisa imilomo yazo.
Ngesikhathi sokukhwelana, imisindo yenziwa yaba yi-polysyllabic. Ekuqaleni kwesizini, afushane, futhi ngemuva kokwakhiwa kwemibhangqwana, isikhathi eside.
Ngakho-ke kulula kwabashadene ukuthola abalingani babo emsindweni ongashwampuluzi wekoloni elikhulu. Isikhathi sokukhala kwamachwane asidluli isigamu sesibili. Ngabazali babo kuphela abasabelayo kubo, abanye ababanaki.
Ama-penguins we-King awazi ukuthi ungandiza kanjani, kepha ubhukuda kahle kakhulu. Zingakwazi ukungena ngaphansi kobubanzi obuyi-300 m bese zihlala ngaphansi kwamanzi imizuzu eminingana, ngokwesilinganiso cishe ezinhlanu. Izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zemvelo zenza izimbotshana ezingaphezu kuka-150 phakathi nosuku. Ngaphezu kwesigamu sazo kwenziwa ekujuleni okungaphezulu kwamamitha angama-50. Esikhathini sasemini, izimbotshana zijula, kanti ebusuku zivame ukungabi ngaphezu kwamamitha angama-30. Umzimba ugcwele umoya-mpilo ngenxa yokuxineka okukhulu kwe-myoglobin emisipha yesisu nenhliziyo.
Ukudla kuqukethe izinhlanzi ezincane, i-Antarctic krill (i-Ephausia superba) kanye nama-cephalopods ama-branchial amabili (i-Coleoidea).
Kokuzingela okukodwa, ipenguin egqamile iyakwazi ukudla ukudla okungafika kuma-20 kg. Abantu abanezinwele bathola ukudla kwabo olwandle oluphakeme. Esikhathini sokudlekwa, izindawo zabo zokuhlala zivame ukutholakala kumakhilomitha angama-200 ukusuka koloni. Ukudla, imvamisa kufanele babhukude ngamakhilomitha angama-30 indlela eyodwa. Ama-King penguins anikeza amantshontsho ukuzingela ngamaqembu kwesinye isikhathi anezinyoni ezingamakhulu ambalwa noma izinkulungwane.
Emhlabeni, azinazitha zemvelo. Amaqanda namachwane amancane kuphela angaba inyamazane yezinyamazane ezidla inyama. Usongo olukhulu kubo yipulathi elikhulu eliseningizimu (iMacronectes giganteus). I-Orcas (Orsinus orca) nezingwe zasolwandle (Hydrurga leptonyx) zilala olwandle.
Ukuzala
Ama-penguins ama-King afinyelela ekuthweni ngonyaka wesithathu wokuphila, kepha imibhangqwana imvamisa kakhulu isondela eminyakeni eyi-6 yeminyaka. Ngenxa yezimo zezulu ezinzima kakhulu zezinzalo ezikhulayo, bayaphoqelelwa ukuba baphile impilo eqinile yokugomela. Ukufakwa futhi ukondliwa kwamachwane kuthatha cishe izinyanga eziyi-14, ngakho-ke izinyoni zingakhulisa inzalo eyi-2 kungakapheli iminyaka emithathu.
La ma-penguin ngokuvamile adla ezindaweni eziphansi eziphansi eduze nolwandle. Isikhathi sokukhwelana siqala ngoNovemba. NgoDisemba, insikazi ibeka iqanda elikhulu elimhlophe qwa lube nesisindo esingaba ngu-310. Ngesikhathi sokukhiqizwa, abazali baphulukana ne-plumage emilenzeni yabo ukwenza kube lula ukubamba nokufudumeza iqanda ngokushisa komzimba wabo. Baguqulela njalo emavikini amabili kuya kwamathathu ukuze umlingani okhulule ekufukweni ahambe ayokondla.
Ukufakwa ngaphakathi kuhlala isilinganiso sezinsuku ezingama-55. Ezinyangeni eziyi-9 ezizayo, iphuphu ebanjiwe lidinga ukunakekelwa njalo nokunakekelwa kwabazali.
Izinsuku zokuqala ezingama-30- 40 zokuphila kwakhe, uphakathi kwemilenze yomunye wabazali, aze ambozwe ngokuphelele yi-fluff brown brown brown futhi engakwazi ukulawula ukushisa komzimba wakhe. Ngemuva kwesonto nesigamu, amachwane aqine aduka abe ngamaqembu ezingane, nabazali babo abalambile babhukude bayofuna. Izinsana zinesikhathi esinzima, kwesinye isikhathi zihlala zingenakho ukudla kuze kuphele izinyanga ezimbili bese zilahlekelwa kuze kufike ku-70% wesisindo sazo.
Ezinyangeni eziyi-13 ubudala, amachwane aqala ukuguqula i-fluff ibe yiplamu yabantu abadala. Ngemuva kokuqeda kokuncibilikisa, bahlukana nabazali babo badlulele ekuzimele. Manje insikazi ehlukane newundlu ngemuva kokuphumula isikhathi eside iphinda ibeke iqanda futhi, manje ngoFebhuwari. Isizukulwane esilandelayo sazalwa ngo-Ephreli.
Incazelo
Ubude bomzimba wabantu abadala ngamasentimitha angama-85-95. Isisindo sisukela ku-10 kuye ku-16 kg. I-dimorphism emenyezelwe ngokobulili ayikho. Izinsikazi zincane, zilula futhi zinciphisi kunabesilisa. I-plumage ekhanda, umphimbo kanye ne-chin imnyama. Masinyane ngemuva kokuncibilika, inombala oluhlaza okotshani. Ngasemuva kwekhanda kukhona amabala aphuzi noma owolintshi abalingiswa, okuthi ngentambo emincane adlule entanyeni iye esifubeni esiphezulu.
Ngemuva kusuka ekhanda kuye emsileni kupende ngombala wesiliva ophuzi okwesibhakabhaka. Izimpaphe ezikuyo ngaphambi kokuncibilika ziba buthuntu ngombala onsundu. Umugqa omnyama ongaba ngu-1 cm ububanzi usuka emphinjeni uye ezisekelweni zephiko.
Isifuba esiphezulu siphuzi-orenji bese kancane kancane sikhanya sibheke ngasezandleni ezimhlophe. Umzimba wonke umhlophe. Ngaphansi kwamaphiko kumhlophe ngomngcele omnyama. Ubude bomlomo omude futhi obude bungamasentimitha ayi-13-16. Ngombala omnyama ngenhla namalunga amabili nantathu e-orange ngezansi. Imilenze nama-paws grey amnyama. Iris nsundu.
Isikhathi sokuphila kwe-king penguins sifinyelela eminyakeni engama-20.