Mob of African penguins

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The African Penguins Wikipedia (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.

Conservation status
African Penguins are on the IUCN red list of endangered animals, status: Endangered

Threats
Of the 1.5-million African Penguin population estimated in 1910, only some 10% remained at the end of the 20th-century. African penguin populations, which breed in Namibia and South Africa, have declined by 95 percent since pre-industrial times.

Commercial fisheries have forced these penguins to search for prey farther off shore, as well as making them eat less nutritious prey, since their preferred prey has become scarce. Global climate change is also affecting these penguin's prey abundance.

As recently as the mid-twentieth century, penguin eggs were considered a delicacy and were still being collected for sale. Unfortunately, the practice was to smash eggs found a few days prior to gathering, to ensure that only fresh ones were sold. This added to the drastic decline of the penguin population around the Cape coast. (Source: Wikipedia )
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