Posted on 07/06/2014 9:39:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Penguins are on the front line of climate change, as rising global temperatures melt the ice the iconic and lovable creatures call home.
Scientists who count the birds are finding that penguins are beginning to feel major impacts from the drastic changes to their habitat.
But, perhaps surprisingly, the breeding populations of three brush-tailed species of penguins inhabiting the Western Antarctic Peninsula, where the temperatures are warmest, are not all falling as the ice is quickly melting.
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The Antartic gnus were hunted to extinction by Antartic gnomes.
I always appreciate when they tip their hand to their bias in the first sentence. Saves time.
I thought Gnome was in Alaska. But don't mind me; I can't seem to get my bearings straight.
Sure, Gnome is in Alaska. That was the ancestral home of all gnomes who over time have migrated and settled all over the globe. Sadly the Antartic gnomes died off after they ate all the gnus. At that time the penguins could all still fly so the gnomes perished.
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