--- title: The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In Madagascar, four penguins plot clever escapes, flap their flippers and fail to fly, and dream of reaching Antarcti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / The penguins of Madagascar: real pengu… # The penguins of Madagascar: real penguins and chimps Lesson 129 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/0/) — In Madagascar, four penguins plot clever escapes, flap their flippers and fail to fly, and dream of reaching Antarctica, while the chimps Mason and Phil read the newspaper. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/2/) — Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world, mostly around Antarctica but also on warm beaches in South Africa, and one kind lives right on the equator, kept cool by cold sea currents. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/3/) — Their black and white suits are camouflage: from below a white belly matches the bright sky, and from above a black back matches the dark sea. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/4/) — Real chimps cannot read newspapers, but they are clever apes that learn symbols, fish for termites with sticks and crack nuts with stones. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/5/) — Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world; none live in Madagascar or at the North Pole. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/6/) — The Galapagos penguin lives on the equator, kept cool by cold ocean currents. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/7/) — Penguins «fly» under water with stiff, short flippers, and gentoo penguins can swim at about 35 km per hour, faster than any other bird under water. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/8/) — Penguins waddle because their legs are short and set far back, and waddling actually saves energy; their knees are hidden under their feathers. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/10/) — A penguin's black back and white belly are camouflage called countershading, which many fish and sharks have too. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/11/) — Penguins can drink sea water, because a special gland above the eyes removes extra salt, which drips out from the beak. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/12/) — Each chick has its own voice, and its parents recognise it among thousands of others in a noisy colony. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/13/) — Emperor penguin fathers keep the egg warm on their feet for about two months without eating. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/14/) — Real penguins do not plan schemes, but they are social and curious and learn routes and routines; Adelie penguins steal nest stones from each other. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/15/) — Real chimps cannot read, but they can learn many symbols to ask for things, and wild chimps use sticks to fish for termites and stones to crack nuts. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/16/) — Emperor penguins huddle in big groups and shuffle so that everyone takes turns in the warm middle, which can be warmer than a summer day. - ← previous: [Marty, Gloria and Melman: real zebras, hippos and giraffes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/128-madagascar-real-zebras-hippos-and-giraffes/) - next →: [Ice Age: real woolly mammoths](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/130-ice-age-real-woolly-mammoths/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)