Penguin swims 8000km every year to reunite with man who saved his life

[SentientToilet]

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[QUOTE]A penguin named Dindim swims 8000km every year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, discovered the bird covered in oil and close to death on a beach near his island village outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2011.

The retired bricklayer and part time fisherman cleaned Dindim's feathers and fed him daily until he was healthy enough to return to the wild.
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This is so adorable.

[Native Hunter]

Now aint that sweet

[Cypher_09]

He sees him as another penguin. This story is just fucking lovely <3

[Satansick]

[QUOTE]"I love the penguin like it's my own child and I believe the penguin loves me," Mr de Souza says.[/QUOTE]
Best part. Such a nice feel good story.

[The bird Woman]

Sounds like a love story

[Aide]

the feels

[Ruski]

this is a thing and I can't even get a text back

[Silence]

Everyone in here immediately got jealous that this guy has a pet penguin.

[Da Space Core]

[QUOTE=Silence I Kill You;49905563]Everyone in here immediately got jealous that this guy has a pet penguin.[/QUOTE]

i just want something to hug

[Saturn V]

god i fucking love penguins

[cdr248]

Why doesnt it just fly

[mikerocks]

[QUOTE=cdr248;49905686]Why doesnt it just fly[/QUOTE]

It's love for him is to valuable to be that easy to show. It must swim, and it does every mile there with joy.

[Purple Magpie]

[QUOTE=cdr248;49905686]Why doesnt it just fly[/QUOTE]

They won't let him on the plane.

[27X]

[QUOTE=Ruski v2.0;49905562]this is a thing and I can't even get a text back[/QUOTE]

Start using oil

[smidge146]

Would be shit if it got killed on the way.... :(

[Tudd Fudders]

Kinda funny/nice to have this story, especially when that one glacier crashed in and isolated that one penguin group like a week ago.

[BelatedGamer]

[QUOTE=smidge146;49905916]Would be shit if it got killed on the way.... :([/QUOTE]

You must be fun at parties.

[Erfly]

If this is true that's a lovely, heartwarming story.

In all honesty it sounds too good to be true though :(

[FetusFondler]

How does it know where the man is and who he is though? How does a penguin identify a person? Their scent or what?

[_charon]

[QUOTE=FetusFondler;49906623]How does it know where the man is and who he is though? How does a penguin identify a person? Their scent or what?[/QUOTE]

Studies have shown that birds are actually capable of identifying and remembering people by their faces. They're damned smart creatures.
And many kinds of penguins normally migrate from place to place; most likely it just remembers where he was last same way they know where to migrate to, and he hasn't moved from there.

[Last or First]

I would swim 4000 km
And I would swim 4000 more
Just to be the penguin who swam 8000 km
To fall down at your door

[Dilbert]

[QUOTE=smidge146;49905916]Would be shit if it got killed on the way.... :([/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=BelatedGamer;49906059]You must be fun at parties.[/QUOTE]

This is exactly how it played out in the comments section.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/zt8PLcn.png[/img]

[Revenge282]

[QUOTE=Last or First;49906828]I would swim 4000 km
And I would swim 4000 more
Just to be the penguin who swam 8000 km
To fall down at your door[/QUOTE]

Duh dah dah, duh dah dah