Penguin swims 5000 miles every year to reunite with man who saved his life

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Bravo to Mr de Souza.

Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the tiny penguin, covered in oil and close to death, on his local beach in 2011.

He cleaned the oil off the penguin's feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to build his strength. He named him Dindim.

Joao tried to release the penguin back into the sea. But, the bird wouldn't leave.



'He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his coat with new feathers, he disappeared,' Joao recalls.


Just a few months later, Dindim was back. He spotted Joao on the beach and followed him home.

For the past five years, Dindim has spent eight months of the year with Joao and spends the rest of the time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile.
Penguin swims 5,000 miles every year to reunite with man who saved its*life – The London Economic
  • I love pengywins.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    For the past five years, Dindim has spent eight months of the year with Joao and spends the rest of the time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile.

    He's banging other penguins for four months?

    Penguin Viagra?
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Ahhhh .... I want to save a baby penguin so it will be my friend forever. They are so adorable. Even the big ones are.
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  • I love how they huddle together to keep warm.

    Frickin' lions would never do that.

    Yeah, I know it is hot where lions are at, but even if it were snowy — kinda Tundafrica — they still would not.
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      I love how they huddle together to keep warm.

      Frickin' lions would never do that.

      Yeah, I know it is hot where lions are at, but even if it were snowy — kinda Tundafrica — they still would not.
      I love how the males take care of the eggs to let the females go off to eat and how they pass the egg back to the female when she comes back, and how they shelter their babies. Really remarkable animals.
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  • Yeah, the baby deal is seriously cool.

    They coulda evolved pouches like kangaroos but they went for the stubby feet instead.

    Smart choice, pre-pengoes.

    But I do wonder — is there a height limit on a penguin after which it ceases to be adorable?

    Gotta say, I would have issues with a penguin taller than me, even if it oozed cuteness.

    Penguin big as a house, an' I am runnin' — jus' in case it mistakes me for its baby.
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      Yeah, I saw this on the news tonight but thanks for posting it anyway, Whatty.


      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      But I do wonder — is there a height limit on a penguin after which it ceases to be adorable?

      Gotta say, I would have issues with a penguin taller than me, even if it oozed cuteness.

      Penguin big as a house, an' I am runnin' — jus' in case it mistakes me for its baby.
      They used to be hooooge ya know . . .



      Giant penguin discovery as scientists unearth prehistoric seabird TALLER than Peter Crouch


      I think they're mighty cute critters as well, but these are my favourites . . .




      Even more cute are the really small ones.The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin. It grows to an average of 33 cm (13 in) in height.




      . . . and its uber cuteness when they're babies . . .

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      Originally Posted by Sarevok View Post

      That's awesome.


      What, swimming 5,000 miles or knocking boots for four months?
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        Originally Posted by yukon View Post

        What, swimming 5,000 miles or knocking boots for four months?
        Being able to swim 5000 miles after knocking boots for four months.
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  • I so heart OT.

    It is the only place I can satisfy my lust for fluffy animals an' dirty talk in one sittin'.

    Let me bask here awhile among the kitten-soft pengoes before I tune in to the latest butt lickin' news.

    If I am lucky, today is the day Joe Mobley will reveal a video of a weird shaped banana, an' Whatto will post photos of his legs after a drunken experiment with a bottlea luxury hair conditioner.
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      Originally Posted by Princess Balestra View Post

      I so heart OT.

      It is the only place I can satisfy my lust for fluffy animals an' dirty talk in one sittin'.

      Let me bask here awhile among the kitten-soft pengoes before I tune in to the latest butt lickin' news.

      If I am lucky, today is the day Joe Mobley will reveal a video of a weird shaped banana, an' Whatto will post photos of his legs after a drunken experiment with a bottlea luxury hair conditioner.
      We can only be so lucky...
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      • Originally Posted by Jill Carpenter View Post

        We can only be so lucky...
        To hell with luck!

        It is time to be childishly demandin'.

        I am prepared to throw toys.
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  • Profile picture of the author barbling
    My preferred penguin is Opus.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_the_Penguin

    Side note - Bloom County returned in 2015! I remember it from my college days.....

    https://www.facebook.com/berkeleybreathed/

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