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King penguins are threathened
King penguins are a species that, unlike their fellow Antarctic inhabitants, do not feed on the tiny krill and other crustaceans but are at the top of the food chain. Their prefered foods are small fish and squid.
In a research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists indicated that the global warming threathens the food chain of the King penguins.
Even the tiniest warming of the Southern Ocean has an direct effect of the amount of fish and squid. Fish and squid, in turn, eat the tiny krill, who are very sensitive to the This warming causes a massive fall in the birds' ability to survive.
The report was the result of a nine year study of the King Penguin.
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