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Tag: fauna

Rewilding Macquarie Island

Posted onDecember 21, 2016March 26, 2018Leave a comment

There is a long list of extinct animals which were endemic to a particular island. Island endemics are particularly vulnerable to introduced predators which can rapidly eliminate a small island population. Such was the fate of Macquarie Island’s only native Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsextinction, fauna, invasive species, Macquarie Island, rewilding, Subantarctic, threatened species

Penguins

Posted onApril 26, 2015August 6, 20161 Comment

If ever one needed an excuse to post pictures of penguins, yesterday was World Penguin Day. Four penguin species breed on Macquarie Island. King penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) can reach a metre tall and can dive to deeper than 300 metres. Read More …

CategoriesSubantarcticTagsfauna, Macquarie Island, penguins, Subantarctic

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