Why does the way penguins walk seem to sway? This is the explanation

KOMPAS.com – Penguin is one of the animals that generally inhabits areas with cold temperatures such as the South Pole. There is one uniqueness of this bird, namely the way it walks penguin which staggered or swayed.

Even so, sometimes penguins need to travel on land to find nesting places, or to escape predators.

Penguin group members also must always be with the colony, to protect themselves.

Not only adorable, when this fish-eating bird walks, the penguin’s body will look like it’s swaying to the right and then to the left repeatedly.

Animals this time we will discuss about why penguins walk swayingand what is their purpose in doing so.

For your information, penguin species that exist in this world is quite diverse and there are at least 26 species recorded.

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The average speed of a penguin walking on land depends on the species, generally ranging from 1 meter per hour to 2.5 meters per hour.

Reported from SciencingFriday (11/22/2019) penguins use twice as much energy as animals their size, just to walk.

In research published in the journal Nature in 2000, when they were walking their bodies would look like they were swaying or staggering because they were optimizing the energy used.

How to walk penguins with this reciprocating motion, it is actually an attempt to use energy more efficiently while walking on land.

Despite the unique way penguins walk, penguins have strong legs, even though they tend to be short. Its webbed feet help these polar animals to swim, and stick to the surface of the ice.

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