Those tired of buying chocolate eggs and bunnies can this Easter in South Africa adopt a real egg, which will hatch into a real penguin. However, these eggs are not something you take home, Reuters points out. Since the beginning of the year, a South African environmental organization has been incubating more than 200 African penguin eggs, which it had previously rescued from two colonies of the endangered species. The South African Foundation for the Conservation of Shorebirds (SANCCOB) is appealing for donations to help cover the costs of hatching them, inviting people to 'adopt an egg'. The African penguin—the only penguin species that breeds in Africa and is also found in Namibia—was once the most populous seabird in southern Africa. Not anymore. Its population has declined to less than 10,000 breeding pairs in 2024, according to SANCCOB resource manager Ronis Daniels, […]
Source: News Beast
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