"LET’S TALK CLIMATE CHANGE"
LET’S TALK CLIMATE CHANGE
South African Jackass PenguinsCarla DeDominicis
Media: Giclee on Archival Fine Art Paper
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Price: $250
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To me the African Jackass Penguin—so named because they bray-- are the cutest birds on earth. And they are some of the most endangered. They have been designated vulnerable to extinction from a combination of habitat destruction, marine pollution, guano mining for fertilizer, egg collection by humans for food and industrial fishing of their diet of sardines, anchovies, and mackerel. There is only 10% of the number of penguins now, then at the beginning of the 19th century. Their population continues to decline, and according to some scientists, African Jackass Penguins, found in South Africa, may be extinct by 2026.
Here on a seaside granite boulder, these two couples met at daybreak. They greeted each other like old friends. With their body language they seemed to exchange pleasantries! When these two couples exchanged beak nuzzles, I swore I saw a heart.
