Penguins filmed bathing in mud spa to keep cool

Penguin chicks move from a river dip to mud-bathing to try to cool down.
You might think life as a penguin is all about keeping warm in freezing cold temperatures, but cooling down in the sunshine is just as important.
A group of king penguin chicks have been caught bathing in a load of mud to do just that. Summer temperatures in St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, can reach 17C so the birds use streams and thick, cooling mud to stop their large, fluffy bodies from overheating.
They were filmed for the Frozen Planet series. The crew said that although they were expecting to see the chicks paddling in rivers and streams, their mud-bathing display was "unexpected".Penguin chicks move from a river dip to mud-bathing to try to cool down.

VOCABULARY

Match each word to its definition

bathing / fluffy / overheating / paddling / spa

place where people go to become more healthy, by doing exercises, eating special food and so on
going for a swim
soft and woolly or like fur
becoming too warm
swimming in shallow wáter

True or false?

1. Penguins need to cool down when it is cold.
2. The mud cools the penguins.
3. In winter, temperatures can reach 17C in St Andrew’s Bay.
4. Young penguins have fluffy feathers.
5. The sunshine helps the penguins to cool down.
6. The penguins only use mud to cool down.
7. The penguins were filmed for the series “Frozen Planet”.
8. All the streams are full of thick mud.

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?

1. freezing
a) the same as icy
b) the same as humid
c) the same as stopping

2. unexpected
a) the same as anticipated
b) the same as surprising
c) the same as early

3. chicks
a) the same as adults
b) the same as females
c) the same as infants

4. load
a) the same as heavy
b) the same as pool
c) the same as pile


KEY

spa place where people go to become more healthy, by doing exercises, eating special food and so on
bathing going for a swim
fluffy soft and woolly or like fur
overheating becoming too warm
paddling swimming in shallow water

True or false?
False
True
False
True
False
True
True
False

Which word or phrase means the same as the one in italics?
1 icy
2 surprising
3 infants
4 pile