South Africa | 60 endangered penguins found dead in park after unprecedented attack by native bees

More than 60 endangered African penguins were recently found dead, all with multiple bee stings and no other external injuries, according to officials in a coastal city in South Africa where the birds regularly migrate.

Sixty-three dead African penguins were found Friday at the Boulders Penguin Colony, in Simon’s Town, about 25 miles south of Cape Town, in the southwest of the country.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/climate/penguins-bee-stings.html

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