Adelie Penguins: Article Analysis

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The article I choose to write about had to deal with the 150,000 Adelie penguins that died after an iceberg traps their colony off the coast of East Antarctica. Since 2011 when the huge iceberg the size of Rode Island broke off and isolated the colony only 10,000 are left from the original population of 160,000. This cut off the penguins main food supply and changed the landscape of the colonies habitat. The huge 1,210 square mile iceberg collided with the main land, which caused a land lock that isolated them from the ocean (Imam, 2016). This made them walk over 40 miles in search for food and to reproduce, most of them died during the long journey due to starvation and low mating rates (Imam, 2016). Researchers have been following this

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