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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/A22.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Endangered South African Penguins Driven Away by Shipping Noise' data-article-id='6198'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10188'>Penguins in South Africa are being driven from their native environment because of noise from shipping activities.</span> <span data-start-time='10188' data-end-time='18771'>The African penguin lives on St. Croix island off the east coast of South Africa. </span> <span data-start-time='18771' data-end-time='22646'>The animals are already endangered. </span> <span data-start-time='22646' data-end-time='34958'>But a new study has found that African penguins are leaving their natural environment to escape noisy ship refueling operations.</span> <span data-start-time='34958' data-end-time='42354'>The island once held the world’s largest reproducing colony of the animals. </span> <span data-start-time='42354' data-end-time='56167'>But the population has dropped sharply since South Africa started permitting ships in the area to refuel at sea six years ago, the study found.</span> <span data-start-time='56167' data-end-time='68250'>Lorien Pichegru is acting director of the Coastal and Marine Research Institute at Nelson Mandela University, which led the study. </span> <span data-start-time='68250' data-end-time='81458'>She told Reuters news agency the organization had found that noise levels in the area had doubled since the refueling activities began.</span> <span data-start-time='81458' data-end-time='92667'>Scientists say high noise levels affect the ability of ocean animals to find and catch other animals for food. </span> <span data-start-time='92667' data-end-time='103563'>Noise also makes it more difficult for the animals to communicate with each other and map travel paths.</span> <span data-start-time='103563' data-end-time='116646'>This year we are at 1,200 breeding pairs at St Croix from 8,500 pairs in 2016, Pichegru said. </span> <span data-start-time='116646' data-end-time='122604'>I was counting the dead birds every month on the beach of the bay.</span> <span data-start-time='122604' data-end-time='129438'>The study recently appeared in the publication Science of the Total Environment. </span> <span data-start-time='129438' data-end-time='140125'>The researchers said the study is the first to explore the effects of ocean traffic noise pollution on a seabird.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/seriously_at_risk_of_extinction.wav'><span>seriously at risk of extinction</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/an_attempt_to_achieve_a_goal.wav'><span>an attempt to achieve a goal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/give_the_right_to_vote_to.wav'><span>give the right to vote to</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/capture_the_fascinated_attention_of.wav'><span>capture the fascinated attention of</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18831 data-hint-location='122604' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/in_which_journal_was_the_study_published.wav'>In which journal was the study published?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Science of the Total Environment'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/science_of_the_total_environment.wav'><span>Science of the Total Environment</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/science_of_the_penguin_life.wav'><span>Science of the Penguin Life</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/science_of_violence_and_penguins.wav'><span>Science of Violence and Penguins</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/science_of_the_noise.wav'><span>Science of the Noise</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=18832 data-hint-location='92667' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/_blank__also_makes_it_more_difficult_for_the_animals_to_communicate_with_each_other_and_map_travel_paths.wav'><span class='blank'>Noise</span> also makes it more difficult for the animals to communicate with each other and map travel paths.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Noise'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/noise.wav'><span>Noise</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/nose.wav'><span>Nose</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5627/niece.wav'><span>Niece</span></div><div class='choice' 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