- Kings are the second largest penguin.
- They are 3 feet tall and weigh 30 pounds.
- There are 2 million pairs in the world but only 400 breeding pairs in the Falkland Islands.
- Their life expectancy is 30 years.
- They have orange ear patches and orange/yellow necks.
- They lay only one egg. This egg is incubated on the feet of both parents, who take turns to keep the egg warm.
- Incubation is 54 days. After hatching the chick is kept warm on the feet of its parents for 35 days until it is big enough to stand alone.
- The parents take it in turns to go to sea to fish for food and feed the chick by regurgitation. They eat fish, squid and crustaceans.
- The chicks grow a warm brown fluffy coat and are fed by the parents through the winter and into the spring.
- Raising a King chick takes a year, so adults only raise chicks once every other year.
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