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Weather woes

One day of rain at the usually dry Punta Tombo reserve can be devastating to the reproductive success of the Magellanic penguin colony for the season. The sudden onset of a rain storm floods nests (burrow nests can collapse) and kills any chicks or eggs inside of it. One storm hit in early December 2008, killing approximately 16 percent of chicks that were hatched at that time. Credit: Courtesy of Dee Boersma, The Penguin Sentinels

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