Bob Berwyn (with photo credits to the British Antarctic Society) :
"....."“We are delighted to be able to locate and identify such a large number of emperor penguins,” said lead author and geographer Peter Fretwell, of the British Antarctic Survey. “We counted 595,000 birds, which is almost double the previous estimates of 270,000 – 350,000 birds. This is the first comprehensive census of a species taken from space.”...." (Read more? See more? Click title)
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Nanny, you really do need to stop pestering nails and FCE with these penguin photos. She's all over him nearly every day for a week or more after you put another penguin story up. He's thinking about writing to Berwyn and begging for mercy. Great story that the colonies are increasing instead of endangered like they thought. I've always thought the extremes of Antarctica are one of our natural wonders.
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