🦩 American flamingo vs Emperor penguin 🐧
The American flamingo is a bit bigger than the emperor penguin. The emperor penguin weighs about 15 times as much as the American flamingo.
| Row | 🦩 American flamingo | 🐧 Emperor penguin |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed Neither has a checked number yet. | no checked number yet | no checked number yet |
| Weight The emperor penguin weighs about 15 times as much as the American flamingo. | 4 to 7.9 lb1.8 to 3.6 kg1 | 88 lb40 kg2 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the emperor penguin yet. | 40 to 60 years40 to 60 years1 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The American flamingo eats plants and animals; the emperor penguin eats fish. | tiny shrimp, small snails and algae from shallow water | fish, krill and squid |
| Lives in They live in different kinds of places, so they would hardly ever meet. | shallow lagoons and salty lakes around the Caribbean, in Florida, Mexico and northern South America | the sea ice and seas around Antarctica |
Which one? American flamingo or emperor penguin
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American flamingo or the emperor penguin yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, press release 25 Oct 2022, checked 30 October 2026.