We know when penguins get heavily oiled they tend to seek the shore because that's their thermal neutral zone. But when they are on shore they can't feed and so they starve to death.
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Whenever you do science it's important to know individuals. And that means you have to distinguish one from another, just like we give names to people we have to be able to give names to penguins. And we often do that with bands.
I'm certainly not at all convinced that the Galapagos penguin is going to go extinct because of this. But I am concerned that the numbers are going to become increasingly low, and we know that with smaller populations they're just more vulnerable to extinction.
We know when penguins get heavily oiled they tend to seek the shore because that's their thermal neutral zone. But when they are on shore they can't feed and so they starve to death.
By gathering this detailed history of recovery plans, we expect we'll be able to say quite a bit about how they've evolved over time and their effectiveness.
This quote is just one of 8 total Dee Boersma quotes in our collection. Dee Boersma is known for saying 'We know when penguins get heavily oiled they tend to seek the shore because that's their thermal neutral zone. But when they are on shore they can't feed and so they starve to death.' as well as some of the following quotes.