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 09/04/2011 11:34:25 PM · #1
//www.nzemperor.com/

Fun waste of time. Enjoy.

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An emperor penguin that lost its way from Antarctica more than two months ago was released back into his native Southern Ocean waters Sunday.

The penguin, nicknamed "Happy Feet" after the 2006 animated movie about emperor penguins, was found "exhausted and hungry" on Peka Peka beach on New Zealand's Kapiti Coast this summer. It underwent multiple stomach flushes and an endoscopy at the zoo to rid its stomach of sand it ingested while trying to adapt to the foreign environment.

"In Antarctica, they normally eat ice to cool down and to hydrate," Kate Baker, a spokeswoman for the zoo, said in June. It's possible the bird mistook or tried to substitute the sand for snow or ice, she said.
11/22/2011 03:27:55 PM · #2
what a challenge that was.
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