Hopper's rock
Inaccessible Island
Hey, glad you hopped by!
Let me introduce myself, my name is Hopper.
I'm a northern
rockhopper and these are my brothers and sisters Pebble,
Rocky and Sandy (I'm the one on the right).
We spend our days playing in the waves fishing and
grooming
our
gorgeous golden feathers. My favourite dishes are krills,
crustaceans, squids (yum!) and fishes.
Today, more than 99% of northern rockhoppers live on Tristan
da
Cunha, a group of islands in the south Atlantic
Ocean.
My hometown is a volcanic island called the “Inaccessible
Island”
because it’s so remote and we don’t have a lot of visitors
like
you.
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Unfortunately, life hasn’t been easy for my brothers and
sisters.
Our population has declined by 90% since the 1950s.
To make things worse, ten year ago, an oil spill damaged
our
island and threatened
the fresh water supply of our colony. Fortunately some
kind
people
transported
us to Tristan da Cunha for cleaning and to wait for the
end
of the
spill.
Many of my ancestors are world famous super stars:
Cody
Maverick,
Lovelace,
Secret
Agent
Buck Rockgut
to name a few. As for me, ever since I was a chick, I have
always
wanted to travel the world and become the greatest
explorer
in
history!
I cannot wait to hop on an adventure with you and explore
the
world. Let’s go!
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