Have you eaten a quarter of your body weight in food over the last 24 hours?
It may well feel like it, but the answer
to this question is almost certainly no…unless you are a Galapagos
penguin! In order to be in peak condition, Galapagos penguins require
between a fifth and a quarter of their body weight in food every day.
Unfortunately, many of the fish species which Galapagos penguins rely
upon for food are becoming scarcer as a result of overfishing and global
climate change, causing significant declines in population numbers and a
reduction in breeding success. As a consequence of this and the other
threats that Galapagos penguins face, the species is now one of the
rarest penguins on the planet, and faces a 30% chance of extinction in
the next century.
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