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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie

10,000 Birds

They breed in dense colonies, incubate their single egg on the feet, and take more than a year to fledge a chick. Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. Princeton University Press/WILDGuides/South Georgia Heritage Plus Publishing Paper, 2012, $24.95, £17.95

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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