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PENGUIN RESCUE STORY!

      This is the heartwarming story of a South American Magellanic penguin who swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life. Retired bricklayer and part time fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the tiny penguin, covered in oil and close to death, lying on rocks on his local beach.
      Joao cleaned the oil off the penguin's feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to build his strength. He named him Dindim. Here's his story. Enjoy! :)
Shangrala's Penguin Rescue Story
      After a week, he tried to release the penguin back into the sea. But, the bird wouldn't leave.

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


      Shangrala's Penguin Rescue Story
      And, just a few months later, Dindim was back. He spotted the fisherman on the beach one day and followed him home.

Shangrala's Penguin Rescue Story
      For the past five years, Dindim has spent eight months of the year with Joao and is believed to spend the rest of the time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile.

Shangrala's Penguin Rescue Story
      It's thought he swims up to 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

Shangrala's Penguin Rescue Story
      When he sees him he wags his tail like a dog and honks with delight. And, just like that, the world seems a kinder place again.



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