Man saves penguin, penguin visits man every day

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

Jinjing swims off for months but always returns to his widower friend; ‘like a son’

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.

“When he returns he’s so happy to see me,” Mr. de Souza says, “he comes up to my neck and hoots.”

Mr. de Souza, a 71-year-old widower, says the visits started March 20, 2011, when he discovered the bird oil-soaked, lying on the beach by his shanty.

He moved the ailing avian under his shade tree, force-fed it fish and took it to the water’s edge, expecting it to swim away.

“He took a drink of water and then came back onto the beach. So I gave him three more sardines and that was it: He never left me again,” Mr. de Souza says on a recent afternoon as Jinjing nibbles affectionately at his hand.

More of this story at

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

[dMog]

animals have emotion...despite what so called experts claim to the contrary

[JessicaLeigh]

Aw, how cute!!! <3