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Episode: World Penguin Day on #HFMBreakfast
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At their current rate of decline, African penguins will be functionally extinct in the wild within 20 years. Functional extinction occurs when there are such low numbers of penguins that genetic diversity and resilience are impossible, leading to the inability to rebuild the species. By 2035, some colonies which have thrived on the South African coastline for hundreds of years will be no more. African penguins are an indicator species, a sentinel of the health of our ocean ecosystems. The health of the penguin colonies is a direct reflection of the health of their habitat, which in today’s climate is ra...