Emperor Penguin

always the penguin habitat. B. Have you ever paid attention to what species it is or where they came from? C. When we see penguins it is always in the zoo or part of an animation production. Here are 3 ways to analyze penguins from what is shown on the big screen to the natural habitat. II. When I think of penguins I think of penguins of Madagascar or the Pittsburg penguins. III. Media does not represent the penguins correctly A. Penguins in the movies are often the body shape of penguins but…

In Luc Jacquet's March of the Penguins we get to follow emperor penguins as they make their annual march to their breeding grounds in Antarctica. We get to see how penguins court each other and how penguin chicks are dependent upon the participation of both parents in order to survive it's first few months. While the movie shares some compelling facts about the penguins it also distorts the viewers in the way that it's narrated. Does the documentary shares similarities to Flaherty's Nanook of…

Climate Change: How is This Effecting Life of Penguins? What is climate change? Climate change is when the climate has a drastic difference in weather in the past. Does this mean it changes from summer to winter? No. When the weather changes from summer to winter, it is a huge difference in temperature but its considered a normal routine. It doesn’t do enough to hurt the environment. When the climate changes, this means it is changing in a way that it has never changed before. The most common…

Kotter, J. (2005). Our Iceberg Is Melting. New York, NY, US. John Kotter, Harvard Business School Professor Emeritus and author, tells a story about a emperor penguin colony in Antarctica threatened by their changing environment and how they face these challenges together to succeed. Their tale is about resistance to change and how each penguin faces change differently, allowing the reader to relate with the different characters. The story walks the reader through an 8 step action plan that…

Childhood is characterized by innocence. Children rarely over think things, rather they simply accept life the way that they see it. Kids normally do not have any reason to think of alternate interpretations or themes of the media they indulge in. For this reason, adults usually dismiss kid’s movies as foolish or a waste of time for people of a certain maturity. They only see them as a form of entertainment for those of lesser sophistication. Contrastingly, Judith Halberstam takes a meticulous…

Here we see that male wolfs are just like penguins they are dedicated to providing for the cubs. Male wolfs enjoy when their young cubs come and greet them and he disgorges the food and puts them into piles so that they will not over the food. Male breadwinners fight the mothers to take care of their…

prominent role of a father figure can be seen in the case of emperor penguins. Like in the movie we talked about earlier, "The Pursuit of Happiness"; in the case of emperor penguins, the males are given the duty to care for and incubate the egg, whilst the female leave them in order to hunt and forage for food. The male emperor penguins remain strong and brave his way through snowstorms and icy winds, just to keep the egg warm and allow the baby penguin to develop. No other father figure from…

In the essay it shows how returning home is necessary as it is for emperor penguins. “Make brutal migrations each year around Antarctica to breed and raise their chicks” (Elliot). Much like when the emperor penguins make great sacrifice one must take risks in order to ensure the safety and happiness of one's friends and family. Although the destination may be wonderful without stress or work…

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender. That is strength.” This Was once said by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wyatt Hoffman’s mentality is like a Emperor penguin no matter how harsh the conditions are he perseveres day in and day out this is the mentality that he has when he goes through any workout or sport. Every day in any conditions. Wyatt Hoffman has to be able to conquer live challenges like school…

Today I am exploring the Ocean, here is the information that I have gathered so far. The Ocean covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface, it holds about 320 million cubic miles of water, which is over 97% of Earth’s water supply. The Temperature of the ocean varies from top to bottom. The upper layer which is about 200ft down is warmer that the lower part , the thermocline, because the top gets warmed by the sun. The temperature of the water can affect the productivity of organisms living in it.…