• Question: can penguins fly if they tried

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      Asked by mini to Shreesha, Peter, Anaïs on 19 Mar 2015.
      • Photo: Peter Maskell

        Peter Maskell answered on 19 Mar 2015:

        no. would be cool if they could.

      • Photo: Anaïs Pujol

        Anaïs Pujol answered on 20 Mar 2015:

        They loose they ability to fly to become excellent swimmer. Their ‘wigs’ helps them to swim and can swim at a speed of 35km/h (20 miles/h ish). They spend 75% of their life in water. They couldn’t fly and swim so during the evolution their wigs become adapt to swim instead of flying as majority of the food they need is located in the water.

      • Photo: Shreesha Bhat

        Shreesha Bhat answered on 21 Mar 2015:

        No

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