Saturday, January 31, 2009

Emporer Penguins



Due to the loss of essential aortic sea ice, Emperor penguins are facing extinction with in the next century. Researchers say that an emperor penguin population in Terrie Adelie will shrink from it normal size of 3,000 to a staggering 400breeding pairs in this amount of time. With out sea ice, penguins are unable to eat, breed, or molt. Also , krill a coruscation that lives in the Arctic thrives on the algae underneath sea ice. Krill is a food source for numerous animals including penguins. Therefore without sea ice the penguins will die of starvation . This is because fish also eat krill so there will be no fish to eat for the emperor penguins. I Believe if people avoid the use of traveling in short distances in cars by walking and should avoid using spray chemicals. By doing things like these you can help to stop global warming therefore ice will not decrease as fast, giving scientists time to make solutions. In conclusion, Emperor penguins are an amazing animal, but can only survive from choices humans make everyday.





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