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Dead Baby Penguins wash ashor on Brazils beaches
Topic Started: Jul 20 2008, 08:06 AM (298 Views)
Mystical
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Dead penguins wash ashore on Brazil's beaches
Most of the more than 400 mammals found in past two months were babes
Penguins that wash up alive on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — like those shown here — are taken to Niteroi Zoo in the city and eventually airlifted back to Antarctica or Patagonia. But many more penguins have been found dead than alive.


updated 12:36 p.m. ET, Sat., July. 19, 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Hundreds of penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches.

More than 400 penguins, most of them young, have been found dead on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro state over the past two months, according to Eduardo Pimenta, superintendent for the state coastal protection and environment agency in the resort city of Cabo Frio.

While it is common here to find some penguins — both dead and alive — swept by strong ocean currents from the Strait of Magellan, Pimenta said there have been more this year than at any time in recent memory.

Rescuers and those who treat penguins are divided over the possible causes.

Thiago Muniz, a veterinarian at the Niteroi Zoo, said he believed overfishing has forced the penguins to swim further from shore to find fish to eat "and that leaves them more vulnerable to getting caught up in the strong ocean currents."

Niteroi, the state's biggest zoo, already has already received about 100 penguins for treatment this year and many are drenched in petroleum, Muniz said. The Campos oil field that supplies most of Brazil's oil lies offshore.


Ricardo Moraes / AP
A penguin that was rescued by the Brazilian Coast Guard receives treatment at the Niteroi Zoo in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.
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Muniz said he hadn't seen penguins suffering from the effects of other pollutants, but he pointed out that already dead penguins aren't brought in for treatment.

Pimenta suggested pollution is to blame.

"Aside from the oil in the Campos basin, the pollution is lowering the animals' immunity, leaving them vulnerable to funguses and bacteria that attack their lungs," Pimenta said, quoting biologists who work with him.

But biologist Erli Costa of Rio de Janeiro's Federal University suggested global warming could be involved.

"I don't think the levels of pollution are high enough to affect the birds so quickly. I think instead we're seeing more young and sick penguins because of global warming, which affects ocean currents and creates more cyclones, making the seas rougher," Costa said.

Costa said the vast majority of penguins turning up are baby birds that have just left the nest and are unable to out-swim the strong ocean currents they encounter while searching for food.

Every year, Brazil airlifts dozens of penguins back to Antarctica or Patagonia.

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There is a really good response to this BS at: http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/

You will have to scroll down to get to the response

Nutty Story of the Day: “Global Warming” is Killing the Penguins in Antarctica

Or, you can go directly to the response here: http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/2008/07/20/nutty-story-of-the-day-global-warming-is-killing-the-penguins-in-anarctica/

I recomend that you all go to the first site, above. It has a lot to say about the global warming hoax/panic in other articles.
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I don't think any of this is because of global warming to be honest.
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That is so sad :(
Does a fallen angel deserve a second chance? You decide
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Mystical
Jul 23 2008, 07:47 AM
I don't think any of this is because of global warming to be honest.
Neither do I, perhaps because for the last 10 years, it has been getting cooler. The last year has has been a whole lot cooler, in fact. Anchorage, Alaska is looking at the coldest summer they have had . . . ever, since temperature measurements have been taken.

Iowa has had a particularly cold spring, and the summer isn't a whole lot better. Still quite cool for the time of year, in a good many Midwestern states.

Can't report any of that, though, It might destroy the myth. And even have a bit of deciding who gets elected in November. Not just the president either.

Now, gasoline prices have dropped a little bit. The real "shock and awe" is going to be when the people who still use fuel oil for heating their homes have to fill their fuel tanks when the weather begins to get a bit cold this fall, and get their bills . . . and there are still a good many of them.
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