Animals in danger: The African penguin is in serious danger of becoming extinct!

    The African penguin, also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African water.
   
 It is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Also, it has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band.

   There are many reasons for its danger, including hunting them for oil, taking their eggs, destroying their natural environment, the weather, and a lack of food supply. All of these factors though have left many of them vulnerable and others at risk for extinction.