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Naked penguins have scientists perplexed

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XxRagingxPandaxX

posted on Apr, 9 2011 @ 10:07 AM
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A mysterious ailment is causing penguins to lose their feathers

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The condition, called feather-loss disorder, has been seen in penguin chicks in both sides of the Atlantic Ocean the past few years and is featured in a recent edition of the journal "Waterbirds," the release said.

While scientists don't know what could cause a penguin to go "naked," possible culprits include genetics, nutrient imbalances, thyroid disorders or pathogens.

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My bet is pathogens. So much poisonous junk is being poured into the ocean.

Disease is not the only recent peril that Atlantic penguins have faced.

A few weeks ago, volunteers from Nightingale Island, a British territory that is part of the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, mobilized to save tens of thousands of Northern Rockhopper penguins threatened by an oil spill.

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Unless the masses wake up we'll have more than just featherless penguins, we won't have penguins. That message goes for all the animals suffering out their right now from human ignorance and corporate greed.
wiki.answers.com...

It appears there is a lot of garbage dumped into the ocean each year...over 14 billion pounds.

Read more: wiki.answers.com...

My thoughts go out to these penguins, to all the penguins suffering, and so should yours, in fact extend your thought to all the animals suffering unjustly by corporations. Nature has no say, it has no veto, it has a few good people trying to help it out, and a whole world against it.


Recently dolphins, some with oil inside them, have turned up dead in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists don’t know why.

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Are they stupid? They don't know why? Maybe an effect from all the chemicals and oil that were dumped!

"Even though they have oil on them, it may not be the cause of death," Blair Mase, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's marine mammal investigations coordinator, told CNN. "We want to look at the gamut of all the possibilities."

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I hope this is a corporate puppet talking and not an actual scientist.



edit on 9-4-2011 by XxRagingxPandaxX because: (no reason given)


NowanKenubi

posted on Apr, 25 2011 @ 02:34 PM
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It would be funny to think that global warming was the reason they would lose their plumage, but it is more than likely all the chemicals and radiation being dumped in the oceans... Of course they don't know what happened to the poor things...

They will now call for more money to study the reasons why and clear the names of those truly responsible in the process...


nixie_nox

posted on Apr, 25 2011 @ 03:16 PM
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I heard a story on NPR last year about a penguin that had the featherless disorder. They said it was genetic, and sunburning is a problem. So they kept it inside. A problem occurred when the penguin had an egg to care for and had to go outside.
So they made it a wetsuit. XD



 
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