Although penguins move slowly and look clumsy on land, they are persistent and tireless when walking. They often nest on steep rocky slopes sloping down to the sea , completely littered with piles of debris material. Jumping from rock to rock, squeezing into narrow crevices - sometimes on their feet, sometimes lying on their bellies - the birds persistently climb up to their nests, often located at an altitude of 200-300 meters above sea level.
“ World record” diving among birds belongs to a penguin, and an emperor penguin, one individual dived to a depth of 265 meters. The duration of one dive is up to eighteen minutes, but for the most part penguins stay under water for no more than 3 minutes. The swimming speed of penguins at short distances can reach over thirty kilometers per hour : having taken a good acceleration, the penguin flies out like a candle from the water to a height of two meters. He sometimes needs this in order to get out onto a rock or onto an ice floe.

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