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The Penguins: Galapagos Penguins
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Penguins of the Genus Spheniscus, to which Magellanic, Humboldt and Galapagos penguins all belong, are much more loosely colonial than other penguins. They generally nest in burrows when soil conditions permit, and are consequently spaced much further apart than surface-nesting penguins. Magellanic penguin colonies in particular often extend over several kilometres of coastline, at densities ranging from 0.001 to 0.1 nests per sq.m.
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Not ALL penguins like the cold. No, some of them prefer to waddle about where it's a bit warmer. Places near the equator like the Galapagos islands, for instance. And for that, they've got their ancestors to thank.
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Climate Change may be the leading explanation for an apparent halving of the Galapagos Penguin population since the early 1970s. .The severe El Nino event of 1982-1983 resulted in reductions estimated as about 77%. In a fascinating lecture
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