Penguin swims 5,000 miles every year for reunion with the man who saved his life Alison Lynch for Metro.co.ukWednesday 9 Mar 2016 8:21 am 451.9k Best buds (Picture: TV Globo) Today’s most heartwarming story is brought to you from a beach in Brazil. It’s the 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 in 2011. 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. The prodigal penguin returns (Picture: TV Globo) After a week, he 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. And, just a few months later, Dindim was back. He spotted the fisherman on the beach one day and followed him home. Look who’s back (Picture: TV Globo) 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. It’s thought he swims up to 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life. (Picture: Rio de Janeiro Federal University) ‘I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,’ Joao told Globo TV. ‘No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do. He lays on my lap, lets me give him showers, allows me to feed him sardines and to pick him up. It’s thought Dindim believes the fisherman is also a penguin (Picture: TV Globo) ‘Everyone said he wouldn’t return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years. He arrives in June and leaves to go home in February and every year he becomes more affectionate as he appears even happier to see me.’ (Picture: Rio de Janeiro Federal University) Biologist Professor Krajewski, who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV, told The Independent: ‘I have never seen anything like this before. I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin as well. ‘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. Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/03/09/pengu...man-who-saved-his-life-5741518/#ixzz42cTvGD00
video is two clicks away from seeing the most horrific anacondas vs big cats scenes. Not dawwwww at all
You can also get to Hitler in like 4 clicks from any Wikipedia article. For real it's like 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
This is called a quokka, a tiny marsupial that doesn't fear humans and can't stop smiling, dubbed "the happiest animal on Earth" Conservation and protection laws prohibit people from handling/picking them up, but taking selfies is allowed (and encouraged apparently)
Man Carries Huge Dog In A Bag On The Subway To Cheer Everyone Up by David Colon in News on Jul 20, 2016 2:08 pm (Courtesy Alex Romano) Between the never ending drumbeat of downer of Donald Trump news and the fact that Rudy Giuliani just keeps saying things on television, it can feel like the world is going to come to an end any second now. You know what though? Don't worry about that, because at least for the moment, you're alive, it's summer and holy shit look at this huge good ass dog that a guy is just carrying around in a bag on the subway. It's so calm and happy, probably because dogs lack both a sense of self AND an ability to read Twitter. What a mood booster this dog is. Thank you, good subway dog, for your service.
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_57a3623ae4b0104052a18a86 Tiny Stray Dog Finds Her Human When She Joins Him For 77 Miles In Race
Dog Helps Care for Tiger Cubs After They Are Ignored by Mom Maya Chung Inside EditionMarch 10, 2017 Blakely provides snuggles and comfort and a body for the cubs to climb on, according to the zoo. The pup is no newbie to this, however, as he has been a nanny to several other zoo animals, including cheetahs, wallabies, and warthogs. “He’s more than just a large, warm pillow for the cubs. Blakely is the adult in the room," said Dawn Strasser, head of Cincinnati Zoo’s nursery staff. "He teaches them proper tiger etiquette by checking them when they’re getting too rough or aggressive. This is something that their human surrogates can’t do.” The cubs, named Chira, Batari, and Izzy, would have received similar cues from their mom, so Blakely is the next best thing. “My team can feed and care for the tiger cubs, but we can’t teach them the difference between a play bite and one that means, 'Watch out.' So, that’s Blakely’s job," said Strasser. "Just a little time with him at this early age will help them learn behaviors that will come in handy when they meet tigers at other zoos in the future." The cubs will move to the Zoo’s Cat Canyon this summer after they have received their last round of immunizations.
Man. Forgot how awesome of a story this is. Thank you based wes tegg Also, as a follow up, she ran away while still in China and he went back and miraculously found her again. https://www.google.com/amp/www.inde...united-china-desert-running-a7211031.html?amp Didn't find any thing pertaining to whether the dog actually made it out of China or not