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A penguin sperm bank has been set up in South Africa to tackle their severe decline in numbers

Video. South Africa establishes penguin sperm bank

Updated: 02/02/2019 - 15:10 GMT+1

African penguins are the only penguin species listed as endangered, with just 50,000 breeding pairs left from some 5 million 20 years ago.

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