Stamp: Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) (Belgium 2013)
Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) (Belgium 2013)
13 May (Belgium ) within release Wild Animals goes into circulation Stamp Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) face value 1 Inland Unit
| Stamp Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in catalogues | |
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| Michel: | Mi:BE 4389 |
Stamp is horizontal format.
Selfadhesive, from a booklet with 10 different stamps. Nominal value at the date of issue: 0,67 Euro.Also in the issue Wild Animals:
- Booklet - Booklet Nature 2013. Wild Animals in Close Up face value 10*1;
- Stamp - Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Lion (Panthera leo) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Tiger (Panthera tigris) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Golden-headed Lion Tamarin (Leontideus chrysomelas) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) face value 1 Inland;
- Stamp - Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) face value 1 Inland;
Stamp Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) it reflects the thematic directions:
Birds (Aves), a subgroup of Reptiles, are the last living examples of Dinosaurs. They are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds. Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians.
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/sfɪˈnɪsɪdiː, -daɪ/) of the order Sphenisciformes (/sfɪˈnɪsəfɔːrmiːz/). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapted for life in the ocean water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch with their bills and swallow whole while swimming. A penguin has a spiny tongue and powerful jaws to grip slippery prey
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. All animals are heterotrophs: they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.
