Name: Dyan deNapoli: El gran rescate de los pingüinos
Uploaded: 2011-08-09T15:15:38Z
Duration: 11 min 26 s
Description: Una historia personal, un triunfo colectivo: Dyan deNapoli cuenta la historia del más grande rescate en el mundo animal, con ayuda de voluntarios, que salvó a más de 40 000 pingüinos después de un derrame de petróleo frente a las costas de Sudáfrica. ¿Cómo se hace un trabajo tan grande? Rescatando pingüinos uno a uno…

I neglected to say the name of the 17-year-old student who invented the degreaser used on the penguins. It was Louis Kock.


I unfortunately omitted a very important statement here. After saying, "Well, you should care because they're an indicator species," I meant to add, "and 15 of the 18 penguin species on Earth are currently listed as threatened or endangered."

I meant to say "oceanographer" before Sylvia Earle's name. (There may have been some confusion here, due to the fact that the German biologist's first name is also Sylvia.)

Una historia personal, un triunfo colectivo: Dyan deNapoli cuenta la historia del más grande rescate en el mundo animal, con ayuda de voluntarios, que salvó a más de 40 000 pingüinos después de un derrame de petróleo frente a las costas de Sudáfrica. ¿Cómo se hace un trabajo tan grande? Rescatando pingüinos uno a uno…

Dyan deNapoli: El gran rescate de los pingüinos

When a massive oil spill threatened nearly half the world’s African penguins, a global volunteer effort rescued over 90 percent of the birds. More than 12,500 volunteers flooded to Cape Town, cleaning and hand-feeding penguins one by one. Innovations like improved transport boxes and a teenager’s homemade degreaser played critical roles. The rescue proved that collective action and practical solutions can overcome even the bleakest odds for endangered species.