Tag: Humboldt penguin
Humboldt penguin
Saturday, July 14th 2012 - 07:30 UTC
Humboldt penguins threatened by eggs and chicks eating rats
Humboldt penguins are threatened by inexorable man and …rats. Invading rats with bodies up to 20 centimetres long have begun eating eggs and chicks, and some experts fear that unless the rats are eradicated, they could tip the Humboldt penguin toward extinction.
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Environment, Antarctica, Latin America.
