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Animal: Antartic Penguin Effected by: Air Pollution

Can Penguin tell when the air is polluted??

Smog alarms were sounded several times in West Berlin during the month of January. The local zoo, however claims to have a better early warning system than the 31 smog gauges used by the city-- it's penguins. Whenever these Antarctic birds start to breathe heavily, the zookeepers know that the smog level is high and that it is time to put the birds into their air-conditioned vivarium. The penguin's sensitivity to air pollution is not surprising, says the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, since in the bird's homeland, the south region, the "air is almost germfree and absolutely clean" by comparsion.

Zoo's were meant for people to come and see animals from all around the world, it does help that the air pollution is so bad that they have to lock up the animals to keep them safe!!!

We should be more thoughtful and think about these things. There are some ways to help! 1. Cut back on public transportation like cabs, buses, and airplanes. 2. Smokers limit your smoking or try to quit. (This would be a good reason to start trying to quit) 3.Use your vehicle as less as possible. 4.Encourage factory's to get better scrubs!

There are little things we can do to help reduce air pollution. Why don't you help to be part of it???



Citations

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