A penguin colony in Antarctica that's home to over 18,000 pairs of Adélie penguins suffered a massive breeding failure, with all but two of the babies starving to death when their parents (force) to travel further in search of food during this breeding season.
According to CNN, the World Wildlife Fund said unseasonably extensive amounts of sea ice around the colony forced the adult penguins to travel further (hunt) for food. The babies did not survive the parents' journeys. "This disastrous event contrasts with image that many people might have of penguins," (say) Rod Downie, Head of Polar Programs at WWF.
Downie continued: "The impact of this event is restricted to this specific colony of Adélie penguins, and predictions are the Antarctic will get (warm) and this may pose different (challenge) in the longer term."
Adélie penguins are (general) doing well in East Antarctica and there they mostly eat krill, a small shrimp like crustacean(甲壳纲动物). they are declining in the peninsula(半岛), where the effects of climate change are already being felt. In addition the climate change, the local penguin population is further threatened because of proposals to open the area to the krill fishing industry.
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