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PENGUIN SWIMS 8,000 KM EVERY YEAR TO VISIT THE BRAZILIAN MAN WHO RESCUED HIM
In March 20, 2011, a retired Brazilian bricklayer named João Pereira de Souza discovered an oil-soaked Magellanic penguin lying on the beach by his shanty in the beach village of Provetá in Ilha Grande, Brazil.
De Souza, now 71, took pity on the penguin, so he picked it up and took it home. He cleaned up the penguin and then fed it some sardines. He later nicknamed the penguin, Jinjing.
That was the beginning of an unusual friendship that has lasted up to this day.