this mysterious mass arrival of penguin-like birds The fact that it is in the middle of the Mediterranean surprises experts. According to the AFP news agency, this week several Examples of ‘alca torda’ or ‘penguin birds’ in Corsica, as in Ajaccio’s denominator Different points of the French and Spanish coasts. It is a species related to penguins that usually live year-round. northwest of the continent of Europe and it may be changing its usual migration route due to the climate crisis.
“For a week and a half, we were informed by four people, two alive and two dead in Corsica. “The population of these animals is very large this year,” Amandine Pericard, director of the wildlife care center ‘U Pettirossu’, told AFP in an interview. Torda penguins in the Mediterranean, but there are quite a few examples coming ashore this year; Exceptional” underlines the expert regarding these observations.
According to various experts, this year, Unusual influx of ‘penguin birds’ (for which this species is also known) seen from Spain south-east of france. “These open sea (deep sea) birds they normally come ashore only to breed. The rest of the time they move in the open sea, so it’s pretty amazing to see them here“, explained to AFP Allain Bougrain-Dubourg, President of the French Union for Conservation of Birds. Most of the specimens detected to date arrive in poor condition and in many cases die off the Mediterranean coast.
Has the climate been displaced?
It is not yet clear why these birds migrate towards the Mediterranean. It is also unknown what caused the ailments that resulted in death. As Bougrain-Dubourg explains, Different hypotheses can explain this phenomenon..
A possible explanation In the north of the next Continent, these birds are experiencing feeding difficulties, partly due to scarcity of fish resources. This added to the progression of global warming andcauses birds to have to travel much farther to find fish for food.
Another hypothesis that could explain this phenomenon proposes the following scenario. Populations of these birds are increasing due to severe storms and high winds, as well as increased extreme weather events. may have been removed from their usual habitat. These extreme conditions are also weakening of the samples Images showing the state of these birds after they reach the Mediterranean coast come from here.
Whatever the reason that brought these animals to the shores of the Mediterranean, experts warn that these animals can be a source of disease. “Many endemic birds such as ‘Alcas tordas’without direct contact with humans, such as gray penguins, attacked by bird flu. Perhaps they were influenced by seagulls, which served as a link between the land and their breeding grounds. That’s why it’s so important not to touch these animals,” says Allain Bougrain-Dubourg.
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