Mon, 21 May 2012
Four penguins that were found stranded last year
on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have a new home as part of a
penguin exhibit in Long Beach, California.
They are believed to have ventured away from coastal Argentina and Chile in search of food.
Climate experts blame changes in the Earth's atmosphere for penguins getting lost while looking for food.
"Most
of the ones that were found there were all juveniles and probably what
ended up happening was they were following food source up that far north
- the food sources appeared and they were stranded and they didn't know
where to go," said Jeff Gacade, a mammalogist at the Aquarium of the
Pacific.
The US$1.5 million June Keyes exhibit
will house 13 Magellanic penguins, named after their natural habitat,
the Strait of Magellan.
Four of the new
residents were found starving on Brazilian beaches, while the rest came
from other exhibits across the United States.
3 News / Reuters
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