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Why can’t penguins fly?

Why can’t penguins fly? This is a question that has been asked ever since the discovery of the majestic bird that has the inability to fly. Well the only thing to blame would be the penguins themselves since they adapted to stop flying and start swimming. Another frequently asked question is “why can’t penguins swim and fly”? All of these questions will be answered in this essay.

Why did penguins adapt to to swimming instead of flying? One answer to this is that penguins have very short wing so flying was hard enough already. The second reason, is that they have too much body mass or weight to get their bodies off the ground but all that weight makes it easy to dive. The final reason is that they were already better

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