Monday, May 21, 2012

Penguins rescued from Brazil find new home



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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