New Zealand's farewell to lost penguin Happy Feet

xchrom

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Mon Aug-29-11 09:58 AM
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New Zealand's farewell to lost penguin Happy Feet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14702100

Hundreds of people have visited Wellington Zoo to bid farewell to an emperor penguin who washed up on a New Zealand beach in June.

Nicknamed Happy Feet, he is being returned to Antarctica on Monday after recovering from surgery to remove 3kg (6.6lb) of sand from his stomach.

The bird is thought to have eaten the sand, having mistaken it for the snow penguins swallow to stay hydrated.

He is to be transported four days out to sea by a fisheries survey vessel.

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FSogol

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Mon Aug-29-11 10:01 AM
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1. Guess he's not the brightest Penguin in the flock, but glad he's ok and going home. n/t

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tavalon

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Mon Aug-29-11 11:02 AM
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3. What clued you in?

That little sand problem?

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FSogol

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Mon Aug-29-11 11:39 AM
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4. The sand is good food and the getting lost problem.

:shrug:

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Beacool

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Mon Aug-29-11 10:09 AM
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2. Good luck, little fellow.

And stop eating sand!!!

:D

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