
Photo credits:
David C.Schultz, please discover more of his outstanding photos on his site!
Dieses außergewöhnliche Pinguinbild von Erich und Heide Wilts, den beiden bekanntesten deutschen Seglern mit Vorliebe für Temperaturen weit unter dem Gefrierpunkt, stammt aus einem meiner Lieblingsbücher 'Segelziele voller Wunder' . -
And here...welcome to the penguin outpost of the German Antarctic Receiving Station (GARS) O'Higgins. This station has started in 1991, mainly doing cartography work, geological and weather research. Since 2004 the first webcam could be installed, thanks to the fund raising activities of a school class project in Germany the first camera could be installed. This year the first smaller group of penguins was sighted on September 19. As there has been more snow compared to the seasons before, it will depend now on the occurence of storms, if the nests with the eggs will survive, this year more penguins have laid their eggs in unprotected areas, just where snow melted first as they were already a little late due to the weather. You will find infos, pics and videos also in the blog of Martin Grund.
Das ist Leila, die 10 jährige Orang-Utan Dame des Tierparks Hagenbeck in Hamburg.
Der Affe habe es sich holen wollen, sei aber ins Wasser gefallen und ertrunken. Die von Besuchern alarmierten Pfleger konnten nur noch unter Tränen die Leiche des Orang-Utans bergen. Menschenaffen können nicht schwimmen! Menschen sollten allerdings lesen können!
Orang Utan Leila(10) died yesterday after a visitor threw a bread roll into the enclose of the Orangs, but it fell in the water trench. Female Orang Utan Leila tried to reach it and fell into the water, and sadly, she drowned. Not for the first time that human ignorance has caused death!
Thousands of penguins endangered in the Antarctis by the climate change. Due to more rain fall instead of snow more and more penguin chicks are dying as their fine downy feathers get soaked with water which causes death by freezing. You will find more information in English when visiting Antarctica 2008, the expedition of researcher Jon Bowermaster.