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Re:Not a single emperor penguin chick survived spring in par... by bradley13 on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:28PM (#37365222)
The thing is: all five colonies are close together, on the peninsula. So "widespread" is false, incorrect, a lie, pick your favorite term.

So, yes, clickbait.

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Re:Not a single emperor penguin chick survived spring in par... by peyton on Saturday September 02, 2023 @04:43PM (#37365357)
Article says there are 600–3000 penguins per colony. Charitably, let’s say the authors studied 15,000 penguins. Total penguin population estimate: 600,000. So this survey counted at most 2.5% of all penguins by reasonable estimates.

“Not a single emperor penguin chick survived” seems unsupported.

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