🐧🐧🐧Penguin Awareness Day🐧🐧🐧

I don’t think there are many people who don’t love penguins. They are cure, funny, unique and intersting, and generally live a very hard life just to exist.

Today is a good chance to learn about these wonderful creatures and understand the critical situation they are in.

We all think of penguins as shown in films, very laid back etc. This is true, but what we are never shown really is the environment they live in, the dangers they face and how it is changing around them.

Some reasons these wonderful creatures are in decline:

The threats are numerous:

• habitat loss

• pollution

• disease

• reduced food availability due to commercial fishing

• Climate change is of particular concern for many species of penguin, as the sea ice that they depend on to find food or build nests is melting before their eyes.

The Emperor Penguins are probably the toughest penguins there are due to the snow, ice and wind.

They are very good Fathers indeed

Today, to help celebrate it, try and learn something about these brilliant animals. How they live, socialise with each other and what they eat. There are plenty of vids on YouTube about them, or watch a documentary or read a book. You can visit a sanctuary or zoo if you have one nearby.

You could consider donating to a charity, it doen't have to be a fortune, but for the price of something that you don't really need could help. The Global Penguin Society does conservation designed to protect their habitat and advocates for the protection of the Southern Oceans. You can also adopt a Penguin for as little as a few pounds a month.

So, today, let's enjoy these wonderful creatures while we have them, cos they may not be around for much longer.