Argentina: Breeding ground for Magellanic penguins

Reuters Published November 17, 2012
A Magellanic penguin is seen during sunset at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine.
A Magellanic penguin is seen during sunset at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine.
A Magellanic penguin interacts with its newborn chick at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
A Magellanic penguin interacts with its newborn chick at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
A Magellanic penguin interacts with its newborn chick at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut
A Magellanic penguin interacts with its newborn chick at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut
A newborn Magellanic penguin chick is seen at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
A newborn Magellanic penguin chick is seen at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
A Magellanic penguin interacts with its newborn chicks at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
A Magellanic penguin interacts with its newborn chicks at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
Magellanic penguins are seen during sunset at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.
Magellanic penguins are seen during sunset at the Punta Tombo fauna reservation in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut.

Hundreds of Magellanic penguins arrive for the breeding season during September to November. Millions of these penguins still live on the coasts of Argentina and Chile, but the species is classified as a "threatened species", primarily due to the exposure of large breeding colonies to oil spills, which kill around 20,000 adults and 22,000 juveniles every year off the coast of Argentina. Zoo representatives from all over the world come and adopt the hatchlings, and breed them. The decline of fish populations are also one of the factors responsible, as well as predators such as sea lions and giant petrels, which prey on the chicks. – Photos by Reuters

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