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Penguins have never lived at the South Pole, it is too far from water and there is nothing for them to eat. They live around the coastal areas of Antarctica and include the - Emperor Penguin, Adelie Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, King Penguin, Macaroni Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, Royal Penguin, Erect-crested Penguin and Yellow-eyed Penguin.

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Antarctic birds and mammals - penguins, whales and seals - are warm blooded animals and they maintain similar internal body temperatures to warm blooded animals in any other climate zone - that is about 35-42°C (95-107°F). They have to keep high body temperatures to remain active. Tropical animals with more variable body temperatures such as reptiles and amphibians can warm up by basking in the sun if they cool down - and they never cool down that much. A large (bigger than a small insect) Antarctic animal will never get enough energy from the surroundings to become active if it allows itself to cool (there are exceptions at the other end of the size scale amongst very small insects and mites and in the fish) so they have to stay warm to be active.

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Penguins are found in the Antarctic, but not at the South Pole itself. This theoretical point lies too far inland for penguins, or any other animals to venture.

Penguins are only found in the Southern Hemisphere, and are by no means restricted to the Antarctic. Whilst nothing can actually live at the "South Pole", because it is a point too far inland on the Antarctic continent to support life, penguins are one of the most abundant lifeforms found on the Antarctic peninsula and surrounding islands.

Of the 17 species of penguins, there are only fourspecies which live at Antarctica: Adelie, Emperor, Chinstrapand Gentoo penguins. The Antarctic is not their only range.

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12y ago

No kind - penguins live generally around the south pole.

However, in an example of convergent evolution (two unrelated species which fill the same ecological niche and are similar) auks are superficially similar to penguins due to their black-and-white colours, their upright posture and some of their habits. Auks are found in northern oceans.

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Penguins have not colonized the North Pole. This means that all types of penguins are found further south than the North Pole.

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They live exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere

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Yes a lot of them

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