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Penguins Threatened in Antarctic, Dying in South America
You'd think that with penguins driving a booming Antarctic tourism industry, there'd be some climate change protection for the little guys. Not so, says a new World Wildlife Fund report. If the world's temperature increases 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit, it will threaten half of emperor penguin breeding grounds, and 75 percent of Adelie penguin colonies. The temperature rise would also likely severely impact krill, a key food source for penguins.
If that weren't bad enough, dead, emaciated, and oil-slicked Magellanic penguins have been washing up on Brazilian beaches. Magellanic penguins live in Argentina, regularly visit Brazil, but not in the numbers or conditions seen this summer. Their lack of body fat is a bad sign that something's seriously amiss in their environment. Many animals are imperiled by global warming, but somehow losing the penguins seems extra depressing.
Photo courtesy Wikipedia Commons.
"but somehow losing the penguins seems extra depressing." Don't fret Jen, you will still find them in the parochial schools.
What a flip answer. Why say something like that? Do you think that losing a species is nothing? That man is so much more important than animals? We are the caretakers of this world. God didn't give us this earth and all the animals on it so we could take what we want for our benefit and then discard the rest. This earth is a gift and anyone who doesn't take the time to preserve it in some way, is slapping God in the face. If you disregard the penquin species, you disregard God and you disregard human life.
If we don't wake up and try to repair some of the damage that has been done to this earth, it won't be just penguins that are disappearing, it will be us as well.
Cleo said "If you disregard the penguin species, you disregard God ". That is what the Reverend Mother told me. I had a rebellious spirit.
kelley miller of paradise texas is a penguin face