The king penguin is a large seabird, the second largest among all penguins. It lives in the cold waters around Antarctica and has bright orange spots on its head and neck.
The king penguin differs from the emperor penguin by its smaller size and bright orange spots on the head. It is important for nature as a fish hunter and part of the ocean food chain.
Worker
Back plumage color
birth time
Submerges underwater to reach prey or food at depth.
Pelagic Ocean
pursuit
very cold, short summer, lots of moss
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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Map
will celebrate their {n} birthday
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Polar tundra
t
When your next jubilee falls in {name} life years
Human
very cold, short summer, almost no trees, lots of moss
days
marine pelagic
How old you would be if you lived as {name}
Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
beak
adult
Maturity
Carry-on luggage
invertebrates
marine benthic
About health
marine demersal
When your next birthday would fall if you lived as {name}
Repro interval
results
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
Gremllins
diving
mo
live fish
all seas and oceans
Trophic type
all living animals without backbone
Filters
the coldest and iciest edge, almost always snow and ice
Upcoming birthdays
Winter with snow
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
Height
4.8 to 6 kilograms, 0.8 – 1.4 meters
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Feet color
Wanderers
far from shore, deep water, large whales and sharks live here
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Tundra
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
Business sausages
the twilight zone of the sea, 200–1000 meters depth
Lifespan average
water is almost always cold, there may be ice in winter, not hot in summer
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
fish
end of acceleration
the upper illuminated layer of the sea, 0–200 meters
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
Cold sea
very cold, lots of snow and ice
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
world of Antarctica
Pets
Lots of rain and cool summer
{name} jubilee
cm
Old-timers
Find an animal or breed...
Wingspan
turns
Rascals
hot Africa south of the desert, many savannas and forests
Abyssal Ocean
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
°C
Not specified
pelagic zone — open water far from shore and seabed
Where are they found?
all seas and oceans
Species lacks any fixed or lasting shelter structure.
Belly plumage color
lots of rain, cool summer, snow in winter
Locomotion through water employed while searching for or capturing prey.
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Elders
Bro
Very cold
Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
cold, short summer, almost no trees
Actively chases and captures mobile prey in open space.
age
birth date
swimming
no permanent shelter
Close
Egg shell color
was
Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
Marine world
marine epipelagic
The basics
My weight?
marine mesopelagic
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
marine bathypelagic
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Feeding occurs in water bodies such as rivers, lakes, or oceans.
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
Gestation
aquatic
{name} birthday
Nearctic realm
No results found
North America and Greenland, from tundra to forests
very deep, dark and cold, strange fish live here
On the map
lunge
Female ♀
all life stages
Down feathers color
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
Potential habitat modelled from GBIF occurrence data. Map © Zveriki.com, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
birth year
Maturity
sq mm
yr
Beak color
benthic zone — the bottom of the open sea
How similar?
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
Tundra
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
What if eaten?
Neither
from birth to adulthood
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
squids
world of Antarctica
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Immature individual that has not yet reached reproductive maturity.
Marine world
from birth to death
much snow in winter, cold
world of Afrotropics
Flippers color
Duration
saline marine habitat
This is me
Gamers
How are they built?
marine
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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the coldest and iciest edge, almost always snow and ice
My age?
wk
My size?
Asexual
swap
active predation
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
celebrated their {n} birthday
diving and catching prey underwater
When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
live squids
Daddies
the dark depths of the sea, below 1000 meters
Lifespan maximum
whole life
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
Head patch color
near-bottom water layer of the open sea
Observations
◉{N} more on tap