Penguin in 2013: African penguin EN
[291] [desk-penguin-4] About 19,000 African penguins were oiled near Cape Town. SANCCOB and volunteers ran one of the largest bird-re A specimen label at a natural history museum records where and when, not which animal is more valuable. For Penguin, write 2013, “African penguin EN,” and 18, and leave league tables off the card. Range scores in this atlas mark how widely that movement runs -- alba
About 19,000 African penguins were oiled near Cape Town. SANCCOB and volunteers ran one of the largest bird-rehab operations recorded. The tight thermoregulatory huddle is an emperor (and some king) story. Burrowing little penguins and tree-nesting gentoos use different heat tricks.
Yes on a decadal clock. Purse-seine competition and shifting sardine/anchovy biomass cut South African colonies by large fractions since the 1950s peak. Salt glands above the eye dump NaCl as a concentrated drip from the bill — the same avian gadget albatrosses use. Why are crested penguins in trouble?
Erect-crested and others depend on stable subantarctic fisheries and nest sites. Mice on Gough and other islands add a predation problem flightless birds cannot fly away from. Penguin is one of 24 types in this animals atlas. The pages treat it as a full system -- history, anatomy, operating principles, culture, icons, future pressure and market shape -- not a ranking of a best species.
The order on the card is year, line, figure. Penguin is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.2013
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 2013
- Figure to keep
- 18
- Species
- Penguin
- Line in the log
- African penguin EN
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