Galapagos Penguin And How Its Being Threatened

Isn’t it amazing that “Galapagos penguins are considered an endemic species, meaning they are native and exclusive to a particular geographic location?” (www.facts.net).Galapagos penguins live in the Galapagos Islands. This species of penguin lives in colonies. The Galapagos penguins stay with their mother for 60 days (www.nationalgeographic.com). Another interesting fact about the Galapagos Penguin is that Galapagos penguins have cooling adaptations (www.a-z-animals.com).

According to www.a-z-animals.com, there are only 1,200 Galapagos penguins left in the wild. Galapagos penguins are threatened by pollution, bycatch, and climate change (www.worldwildlife.org). According to www.bartleby.com, “The Galapagos penguin is the second-order consumer as it feeds on smaller fish. If it were to become extinct the population of the first-order consumers (small fish such as mullet and sardines) would dramatically increase and the producer would decrease and slowly die out.” This makes me sad because the Galapagos penguins are almost extinct and then there will be no more Galapagos penguins in this world.