AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -After a courtship of several weeks, a female emperor penguin lays one single egg then leaves! Each penguin egg’s father balances it on his feet and covers it with his brood pouch, a very warm layer of feathered skin designed to keep the egg cozy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Emperor and King Penguins nestle their eggs on their feet and keep the egg warm by a brood pouch, a patch of bare skin, on the belly of the penguin to protect their eggs from the harsh elements of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments in which they live.

Detailed explanation-3: -After she lays the egg, the male penguin rolls the egg onto his feet. Then he tucks the egg under a piece of skin near his feet. This place close to his feet is called a brood pouch. The egg will stay warm and safe in the brood pouch for more than sixty days, which is two months.

Detailed explanation-4: -He covers it with his brood pouch (a warm fold of skin) to keep it warm. The father looks after the egg throughout the harsh, bitterly cold winter. There is nowhere to shelter in Antarctica, so male emperors huddle together to keep warm.

Detailed explanation-5: -In all penguin species, the egg is incubated in a special featherless brood pouch that keeps the egg warm.