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Why do penguins skeletons stop them from flying?

Updated: 8/18/2019
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The Mediterranean penguin (jsjnonk)of the South East Coast of Africa has the lightest bones (weighing at 3kilos) so they can reach up to a metre in the sky standing jump.

Whereas, the other penguins in Antarctica, (rytoun usha) Their bones weigh 4kilos, and can not fly.

The blubber (cortifli fat) and the penguins' skin also stops the penguin from flying because it is so heavy because the weight is distributed to the head and it can not sustain the weight, thus disinabling the penguin's flight.

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