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African Penguins in Peril

10,000 Birds

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 ). In 2009 the population was recorded as 20,699 pairs.

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