Wednesday, October 08, 2008

More fraud from the WWF?

WWF - Climate change to devastate or destroy penguin colonies
Risks to penguins were underlined this week, when hundreds of penguins were washed up on the Brazilian coast, thought to have been carried north on warmer ocean currents.

Environmentalists say it is not known why the penguins became stranded so far north, but suggest they could have been carried beyond their usual range by a flow of warm water.

The penguins were airlifted home, using a huge airforce cargo plane. Almost 400 that had strayed on to beaches, including Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro, were saved.

Onlookers cheered as the young Magellanic penguins were set free on a beach in southern Brazil and scampered into the ocean.
On the Sunny Beaches of Brazil, A Perplexing Inrush of Penguins - washingtonpost.com
While the penguins would normally turn back when they hit the warmer Benguela waters, the current has been "exceptionally cold" this year...

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