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Originally Posted by missbelle
Yes I do remember him. He was filling up on sand when they found him. Bless his heart. I love penguins. I watched the movie "Happy Feet" and saw the documentary "March of the Penguins" They are so cute.....since I have gotten older I even waddle like them...LOL  |
The real story was that he was found and reported to our conservation department.they decided to leave him alone in the hopes that he would just return to the ocean and swim away.Was'nt untill nearly 5days later that DOC sought advice after people began complaining to the media that he was ill and eating sand and sticks to try to cool down.Happy Feet had a total of 5 emergency stomach operations to remove the sand and sticks.our climate was too warm for him to even swim in an ice pool that was untill we had a wicked antartic storm blow in.It snowed in most places thats when he went swimming and sunning other than that he was kept in a dark refridgerated cool room. Still a lovely heartwarming story to share
