“Climate change causes confusion for endangered penguins in search for food”Ā is an article published by the European newspaper The Independent that addresses how both fisheries and climate change has led to threaten theĀ extinction of the African Penguin.Ā It mentions how these penguins are conditioned to search for food in the colder areas of the ocean as in the past, these areasĀ would be filled with sardines and anchovies, the typical food for the African Penguin. However, climate change has made said areas into āecological trapsā that, given time, will push the African Penguin to certain death. The fish leave due to the warmth of the water and asĀ such,Ā the penguins are left with no possibleĀ food source. They starve to death, unable to find food for themselves or their families. Such has left the breeding numbers of theĀ species to become 50 percent lower than normal, with an unsure guesstimate of aroundĀ 80,000 adult penguins left in the wild. My question for you readers is: How would you feel if every living animal was affected by this dilemma? And what do you think we can do to help?
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Wow, I never even knew that African Penguins existed. Never even heard the term “African Penguins.” Like, I said in my recent comments for other related posts, the media and public should consider “climate change and wildlife damage” a main issue in our society. This issue in the article should go viral and people should try to help the African penguins and save them from the verge of extinction.