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myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins2 months ago

This sort of thing just breaks my heart. I just read where hundreds of baby penquins have been found dead on the beaches of Rio de Jeniero. Can you imagine such a scene? Going to the beach on holiday only to be greeted by the corposes of these precious little critters wallowing in the surf? I just cried when I read this. Those poor babies. Sometimes I curse my heart for being so tender.
  www.//news.yahoo.com/s/ap...

The article presents three different theories as to the cause of these little penguin's deaths.

One theory is that it's due to overfishing. Due to an increasing lack of food, the penguins have to go further to find something to eat, and they get caught in strong ocean currents that sweep them away.

Another theory, similiar to the first, is global warming, which causes rougher seas that the penguins can't navigate safely, and they are swept away.

The final theory is pollution, and oil is specified as a pollutant that may have caused the penguins to die and be swept away.

Which of these theories to you think is correct? Do you have another theory?

Presently, in the United States, offshore drilling is being discussed as a way to curb the US's dependance on foreign oil. If offshore drilling for oil was determined to play a hand in this, would if make a difference in your thoughts on offshore drilling?

I hope you'll look at the link because there is also a photo of many little penguins that survived. They are SO cute!

 
 
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tags:  baby penguins, sea life, global warming, pollution, offshore oil drilling
 
1. myLot reputation of 88/100. reckon21 (1334)   ranked 18 out of 22 in penguins   2 months ago

Awww...penguins are so cute.
This news is really sad. We must
do something to remedy the problem.
Animals are nearing extinction and
so are we if we wont do something
about it. Something is really wrong
with our environment today. Mother
nature is now angry because of humans
indifference and the animals are the
first sacrifice.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  2 months ago

Yes, it is very sad news. I think you are right that animals are the first to be sacrificed. Well, if you don't count the poor and children who are also being hurt by the awful choices we make as a matter of course.

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2. myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins   2 months ago

The link will not work for me Bitchelf.
What I am wondering is how did hundreds of baby penquins end up on a beach in Rio De Jeniero.
They had an awful long swim to get there.
That is most likely the cause of their death.
Having to swim thousands of miles, to have a holiday in Rio.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  2 months ago

I just wish I knew how these little fella's are dying. It's so sad. My heart weeps.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  2 months ago

I just wish I knew why they picked Rio for a holiday.
Surely there are other lovely beaches closer to home to home for them.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

They washed up dead there. I dont' think they chose where to wash up dead. Maybe the live ones rode on their dead comrades.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Well they may have washed up dead there, but how come they washed up dead, so far from where they live.
That is what I want to know.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Yeah, me too. Sounds like a scam, now that you bring it up.

I can't believe that no one else cares about baby penguins but they'll respond to some discussion about what we forget at the supermarket.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

I think more people should have responded to you also.
Baby penquins are more important then forgetting bum-paper at the shop.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

I imagine it's the bum paper that's killing the baby penguins anyway. All the damn cruise ship people throwing it over board.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

I do not throw mine overboard, I am a responsible person.
I put it in my pocket.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

You mean you put shite stained bum paper in yo pocket? Eeeeewwwwwww

But still, more power to you. You're savig baby penquins.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Well I did not want the baby penquins choking on it.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Kindly look at my response to you in the post below.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Thank you Bitchelf, you are such a kind hearted person.

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3. myLot reputation of 91/100. galadr1el (627)   ranked 3 out of 22 in penguins   1 month ago

Awww....:( I care about baby penguins. The link just doesn't work.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

I thought it was just my computer Gala.
The link would not work for me either.
How sad all those little furry babies dying in rio.
They must gone there for a holiday.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Oh, I didn't realize the link didn't work. Now I feel bad.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Oh nice one Bitchelf.
You did not feel bad when I told you your stupid link did not work.


myLot reputation of 91/100. galadr1el (627)   ranked 3 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Geez, hostile are we? shocked


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

No U dient! No U dient! Why u gettin' up in my face, Goodie? I looked back and U never told me that my link didn't work. I wish U would have told me and I could have fixed it but U said nuthin'.

I don't understand U dissing me like this.


myLot reputation of 91/100. galadr1el (627)   ranked 3 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Ummm....dear friend bitchelf. Refer to Goodie's answer in #2.

"The link will not work for me Bitchelf."

just trying to help and keep the peace. moving along now....


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Sssshhh. Let's not bring this to Ms. Goodie's attention. She is really quite a gal! I feel really bad I got all in her face.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

You do not feel bad at all Bitchelf.
You got in my face because you were too dumb to check for yourself. p------


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Please forgive me, Ms. Goodie. I DID look, but somehow I missed it. I am quite ashamed that I thought so badly of you, esp. since you're the only person who has been so kind to me here. I was just so terribly upset when I saw you being so mean to me and I overreacted. I am a big enough woman to admit when I have made a mistake and I am sorry.


myLot reputation of 93/100. Goodie123 (7156)   ranked 2 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

I am so ashamed of myself I misunderstood what you were saying.
How terrible that I have been the only one here who has been nice to you.
I think you are a lovely person Bitchelf.


myLot reputation of 91/100. galadr1el (627)   ranked 3 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

Awwww...big group hug now! rolleyes

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4. myLot reputation of 77/100. myklj999 (4243)   1 month ago

Man, can you imagine the stink of all those dead rotting corpses?

Is a shame though. I hate to see anything like this happen to anything but people; people usually deserve it, you know?


myLot reputation of 77/100. myklj999 (4243)  1 month ago

Found an article about it...

http://www.time.com/time/...


skallagrim (46)   ranked 6 out of 22 in penguins  1 month ago

okay, this article makes more sense than the subject as described above. i thought we were talking about baby chicks, but it's really just young adults. it's still saddening no matter how old they are.:(


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  4 days ago

Thanks for the link. That was thoughtful of you. I'm not surprised I made a mistake typing in my link.

A lot of people are for crap, but I don't think that people deserve to die like that.


myLot reputation of 77/100. myklj999 (4243)  4 days ago

I saw your comment pop up in my email and was almost afraid to open it, because I couldn't remember if I had been a smarta$$ or serious when I answered. Thankfully, looks like I pretty much answered seriously...

Although actually I would hate to see hundreds of people die, there are a couple that it really wouldn't bug me about, y'know?


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  4 days ago

Yeah, 2 b honest, i know just what u mean.

 
5. skallagrim (46)   ranked 6 out of 22 in penguins   1 month ago

i think this article is inaccurate because baby penguins don't go in the water so how did they "wash up" dead? if they're dead on the shore, it's because something stopped their parents from coming back to feed them, not because they came in with the tide. baby penguins don't even attempt to go into the water until they've grown quite large, have shed their down feathers and grown their dense waterproof feathers. the reason for this being that until they have fledged, they are unable to regulate their own body temperature and the cold seas would kill them. the thing about "rough seas" doesn't make any sense either because penguins spend the majority of their life at sea and only go on land to mate. global warming is only causing problems for their reproduction because of the melting of safe ice for the babies to stay, but this only a problem for about 3 or 4 species. these would have to be adults that are dying either because a lack of food or pollution.


myLot reputation of 40/100. bitchelf (107)   ranked 4 out of 22 in penguins  4 days ago

I don't doubt a thing you've said, but to me it's still sad no matter what their age.

 
6. henry140468 (47)   1 day ago

Really a sad news.