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Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 03:35 AM Oct 2015

Beached in Brazil, a Young Penguin Finds His Human Soul Mate

And all I ever get around here is the occasional stray kitteh.



"PROVETÁ, Brazil—On a steamy tropical island in Brazil, a tuxedoed traveler found a soul mate.

Why else would a penguin named Jinjing, native to chilly Patagonia roughly 2,000 miles away, keep returning to a warm stretch of sand in Rio de Janeiro state during mating season?

João Pereira de Souza, a retired bricklayer, has shared his homestead and sardine supply for four years with the seabird.

The penguin disappears into the sea for days—sometimes months—only to return to the spot where Mr. de Souza raises chickens by the beach in this remote fishing village of 1,300 residents on the island of Ilha Grande.

During the bird’s visits, the two go for long walks on the beach, swim together in the surf and converse in pidgin penguinese..."

http://www.wsj.com/articles/beached-in-brazil-a-young-penguin-finds-his-human-soul-mate-1445560828

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Beached in Brazil, a Young Penguin Finds His Human Soul Mate (Original Post) Contrary1 Oct 2015 OP
Squeeeeeeeeee! shenmue Oct 2015 #1
Cool story mdbl Oct 2015 #2
Penguins are amazing and inspiring! logosoco Oct 2015 #3

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
3. Penguins are amazing and inspiring!
Wed Oct 28, 2015, 07:56 AM
Oct 2015

This little guy can do all of this with no GPS!!!!
Or one that is clearly better than the one I have used on my phone from time to time.

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