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Penguin Apocalypse; Adelie colony in Antarctica faces extinction as giant iceberg blocks sea
Topic Started: Feb 13 2016, 06:34 PM (567 Views)
Grayling
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I saw something about this the other day and it was in The Telegraph today

"A massive nature drama involving some 10,000 Adélie penguins and an iceberg is playing out in an Antarctic bay opposite Australia. Scientists fear the colossal ice heap is blocking the birds from feeding in the sea, and they have already stopped hatching."

You can read more about it here https://www.rt.com/news/332102-penguins-iceberg-antarctic-disaster/
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dizzylizzy
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That's very disturbing... and so tragic for the poor penguins! The frustrating thing is... there's nothing the scientists can do about it, judging by what I read. They can't really blow the iceberg up, but how will it break up by itself? It could go on for decades they said... there'll be no penguins left soon if it continues! Poor birds... :paul:

Thank you for drawing our attention to it Grayling... :Cool:


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Night Owl
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:( That makes very sad reading as it doesn't sound like anything can be done to help them :(
Thank you for sharing the link Grayling :cool:
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Davebutterflyman
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This is a disaster in terms of this local population of Adelie penguins, very little that can be done i would have thought. Some experts suggest that the increase in this species on parts of the East Antarctic will offset the losses that will occur on the Antarctic peninsula but it doesn't offset the fact that this could happen elsewhere in this region. Nature does have a way of managing it's wildlife but this is still tragic in many ways.

Many thanks for the link Grayling.
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celticsparrow-Jan
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A sad report Grayling we are reading so many articles on animals/birds declining :sad:
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Night Owl
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The latest articles are now stating that
"An estimated 150,000 Adelie penguins living in Antarctica have died after an iceberg the size of Rome became grounded near their colony, forcing them to trek 60km to the sea for food."
:scream: 150.00! :(
Here's the link http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/13/150000-penguins-killed-after-giant-iceberg-renders-colony-landlocked
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dizzylizzy
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The size of Rome... gosh that's big! :paul:


Thanks for the link Julie! :Cool:


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Davebutterflyman
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Disastrous! i don't ever recall such a huge loss of bird life in one incident.

Thanks for the link Julie.
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