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Omaha Steve

(99,580 posts)
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 12:09 PM Mar 2016

Adorable Penguin Swims 5,000 Miles Each Year to Visit the Man Who Rescued Him






http://www.care2.com/causes/adorable-penguin-swims-5000-miles-each-year-to-visit-the-man-who-rescued-him.html




By: Tex DworkinMarch 11, 2016

Talk about gratitude.

How far would you swim to reunite with the person who saved your life? For one penguin who found himself in a sticky situation (literally), the answer is approximately 5,000 miles.

Have you heard about the Magellanic Penguin and retired bricklayer in Brazil who have struck up a unique friendship?

Joao Pereira de Souza lives in a fishing village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2011 he found a tiny penguin lying on some rocks at his local beach. The creature was covered in oil and close to death,

FULL story at link.

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Adorable Penguin Swims 5,000 Miles Each Year to Visit the Man Who Rescued Him (Original Post) Omaha Steve Mar 2016 OP
Perfect! MuseRider Mar 2016 #1
Thank you for posting this Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #2
Duly forwarded Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2016 #3
That amazing thanks sooo much for posting. snagglepuss Mar 2016 #4
 

Jenny_92808

(1,342 posts)
2. Thank you for posting this
Sat Mar 12, 2016, 12:35 PM
Mar 2016

showing there is pure goodness in this world. I hope that the good wins over the evil, who btw is the minority but keeps winning because of inaction by the good.

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