ocr: GROWING UP Eight Months Old T HE about 40 PENGUIN lb (181 CHICK kg), now nearly weighs as much as its parents. It is covered with thick down FACE feathers that protect it from the cold. Even the face Most chicks hatch in the spring, so is covered in they reach this age in midwinter down feathers when food is very hard to find. For about three months, they get little or no food from their DOWN FEATHERS parents, and survive almost These keep the entirely on body fat. penguin warm, but will have to be shed WING and replaced before it can swim COLD FEET Penguins often stand on ice so the blood her ...
