Name: Dyan deNapoli: Marea salvare a pinguinilor
Uploaded: 2011-08-09T15:15:38Z
Duration: 11 min 26 s
Description: O poveste personală, un triumf colectiv: Dyan deNapoli povesteşte despre cea mai mare acţiune voluntară de salvare la nivel mondial, care a salvat 40.000 de pinguini după o vărsare de petrol pe coasta Africii de Sud. Cum se duce la bun sfârşit o acţiune de o asemenea anvergură? Pinguin după pinguin după pinguin...

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.)

O poveste personală, un triumf colectiv: Dyan deNapoli povesteşte despre cea mai mare acţiune voluntară de salvare la nivel mondial, care a salvat 40.000 de pinguini după o vărsare de petrol pe coasta Africii de Sud. Cum se duce la bun sfârşit o acţiune de o asemenea anvergură? Pinguin după pinguin după pinguin...

Dyan deNapoli: Marea salvare a pinguinilor

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.