• Over 500 penguins washing up dead on New Zealand’s shores: Check details

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    Over 500 penguins washing up dead on New Zealand’s shores: Check details

    Since early this month, Korora, the indigenous term for the small critters, has begun washing up dead on New Zealand beaches.

    Digital Desk: More than 500 of the world's smallest
    penguins have inexplicably washed up dead on beaches across New Zealand in the
    last several months.



    Scientists and experts have been unable to
    pinpoint the exact cause of the problem; nonetheless, many feel that climate
    change played a key role in the extinction of these cute penguins.



    Since early this month, Korora, the indigenous
    term for the small critters, has begun washing up dead on New Zealand beaches.




    According to The Guardian, over 500 people were
    discovered dead on the beach in early May. According to reports, the tiny
    penguins are significantly lighter than they should be.



    "There was just no body fat on them, there
    was scarcely any muscle to show," said DOC seabird biologist Graeme
    Taylor. “When they reach that point of emaciation, they are unable to dive,
    which leads them to starve or succumb to hypothermia due to the lack of a
    protective coat of blubber," he added.




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