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don’t have homes. They sleep on ice. If

you were to lie down on ice for even a few
minutes, you would become seriously sick.
Nothing happens to the penguins. Why?
It is because Allah has created them in
such a way that they can live in such a freezing
environment. Penguins’ bodies and their features
are very different from ours. Due to this, they can

live in the coldest weather without any
difficulties.
Allah has covered penguins’ bodies with a very
thick layer of fat, so that they won’t feel the cold.
The layer of fat prevents them from feeling the
cold, and acts as a fur. Conversely, the layer of
fat surrounding our bodies is quite thin and this is
why we quickly become cold. This is why we have
to wear thick clothes in cold weather.

The penguin displays great devotion towards
its eggs and babies. Penguins incubate their eggs
during the coldest weather. Unlike other
creatures, it is not the female penguin that
incubates the eggs but the male. The female
penguin lays only one egg and then leaves it to the
male. She leaves for distant places to find food

for her husband and baby. Because of all the ice
and snow that surrounds them, she has to travel
far to be able to find food.
The male penguin incubates the egg for exactly
four months. The penguin carries the egg in
between his feet and during these four months, he
never once leaves it on the ground. If he were to
do so, the egg would freeze and die within a
matter of minutes.

The male penguin is so patient that for four

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