Welcome to Music to our Ears, where we share some interesting tidbits and stories related to our favorite Lingo Kids songs. Hello again, last time you joined me at the top of the Earth the North Pole to learn about two wonderful Arctic animals. Today we're at the South Pole in Antarctica. Like the North Pole, all I see is snow and ice, but it's not exactly the same. The South Pole is land surrounded by sea. It's covered with a lot of ice, up to nine thousand feet thick that's about twenty seven
hundred meters. There are less problems with melting ice. Hew Like the Arctic, it has lots of different types of seals. It does not have polar bears. However, the South Pole is home to one creature that is loved by almost everyone. It's black and white and has a funny wobbly walk. Do you know what it is? Yes, a penguin. There are seven different penguin species in Antarctica. Some only live down here for part of the year. One species that stays all here is the largest penguin. It's called the
emperor penguin. Emperor penguins can be about as tall as a six year old child. They are black and white like the others, but have bright yellow and orange marks around their heads and necks. During the winter, temperatures can drop to fifty eight degrees fahrenheit below zero. That's negative fifty degrees celsius birm. How do these seabirds stay warm during the cold harsh winters. They have thick layers of feathers that overlap like tiles on a roof, and blubber
under their skin to keep them warm. Plus lots and lots of penguins gather in what's called a colony, up to ten thousand penguins. It can get noisy. Unlike other penguins, emperors don't lay their eggs in nests. The mama lays one egg and the daddy penguin places it on his webbed feet. Then he lowers himself down and sits on it to keep warm. It's time for the mama penguin to go find food. It can take her up to
two months. The daddy penguin does not move. He sits on the egg and doesn't even eat until it hatches. All goes well. Mama gets back just in time. When she arrives, she uses her unique call to find her family among the thousands of other penguins. When she finds them, she feeds the baby, and then dad heads out to sea to eat. These penguins really help each other survive. Here's a lovable fact about these birds. When it's really cold and windy, they huddle in a circle, with the
youngest in the middle. The adults take turns standing on the outside, so everyone gets a chance to warm up. That music to e is well, Then let's sing a song about the coolest or coldest animals we love. Ready, here we go. Look at the peng wind water on the eyes. Water wado water lombi eyes. It's so nice. Look at the seal, slide on the eyes. Slide, slide, slide on the eyes. So nice. He goes the bowler ben. He can swim, he can swim. Here comes a polar bear.
Swim and swim, swim until the eyes so nicyes penguin says, Oh, it's nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Sitting on the eyes. So nice. The seal can wadle the polar back and wattle water wado wad along the eyes. So nice. Now we can wadle. He wha, what are we've got to wattle now wage with me. Look at the penguin waterla on the eyes. Wata wada water lave the eyes so nice eyes. Don't get the penguin wada lama the eyes. Waa waaa waa, waa waa waa on the eyes. Now that was music to our ears. We
hope you like the song. You can sing it all day long. What's your favorite animal? Think about it and if you are ready for some play learning time, check out our Lingo Kids app. Goodbye until next time,