African Penguins in Peril
10,000 Birds
JULY 16, 2013
An African Penguin peers protectively around its fluffy chick. Their numbers have declined so rapidly that a paltry 10 percent of the pre-20th century population remains (read Adam Riley’s post on Africa’s endangered species ). From 1978 to 2008 the Namibian population declined from 12,162 pairs to 4,563 pairs.
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