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These excretions are crucial in the maintenance of Antarctic ecosystems. Penguin rookeries can be home to thousands of penguins, all of which are concentrating waste products in their digestive tracts and nasal glands. These excretions inevitably drop to the ground. The concentration of salts and nitrogenous wastes helps to facilitate the flow of material from the sea to the land, serving to make it habitable for bacteria which live in the soils. | These excretions are crucial in the maintenance of Antarctic ecosystems. Penguin rookeries can be home to thousands of penguins, all of which are concentrating waste products in their digestive tracts and nasal glands. These excretions inevitably drop to the ground. The concentration of salts and nitrogenous wastes helps to facilitate the flow of material from the sea to the land, serving to make it habitable for bacteria which live in the soils. | ||
==Significance in Westarctica== | |||
Adélie penguins are one of the most common types of penguins found in [[Westarctica]]'s borders. As such, it has become a common image utilized by the government hoping to capitalize on the Adélie's cuteness. | |||
Three [[Stamps of Westarctica|stamps]] featuring Adélie penguins have been released by Westarctica as part of an animal series of stamps. The first two were released in 2005 and the third was released ten years later in 2015. All stamps were of the $1.60 denomination, which was the common price paid by the [[Grand Duke Travis|Grand Duke]] to ship individual title certificates in 2005. | |||
<gallery> | |||
Peguin-Stamp1.jpg|2005 and 2016 Adélie penguin stamp | |||
Stamp Runner-up.jpg|Unreleased 2005 Adélie penguin stamp | |||
File:Adelie alone.jpg|2005 Adélie penguin stamp | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Category:Animals of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Animals of Westarctica]] | ||