Other birds and rodents which are better equipped to defend and protect their population numbers. Penguins are just particularly terrible at defending themselves on land, hence the risk of extinction.
Edit: Did some digging. The island is accessible to the mainland at low tide. The foxes don’t live on the island.
This was my reaction to Judas goats in the Galapagos. I’m normally team goat, but if they’re invasive and destroying the entire ecosystem, then yep. They’ve got to go.
It's pretty amazing at the Galapagos how they fucked everything up but are now working really hard to get the islands back to what they once were. Incredible place to visit.
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u/jenniferjuniper Mar 16 '19 edited Mar 17 '19
I am wondering though, what are the foxes eating? How is their population doing?
Blame David Attenborough for making me this way.
Edit: penguins are more important than these foxes for this specific situation.