Give the Emperor the penguin back home
Today, August 29, the penguin Emperor Happy Feet will be taken back by the New Zealand ship to his hometown of Antarctica.
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Happy Feet is named after the animated cartoon of the emperor penguin in 2006. He is an emperor penguin, straying from Antarctica to a beach just outside New Zealand's Wellington capital in June / 2011, with a tired, emaciated look after a 3,000km long swim.
The appearance of him made wild animal experts, the public was very surprised, curious about his survival. Happy Feet is the second penguin penguin to swim from Antarctica here. Then the bird was taken to the zoo in Wellington to look after.
Here you get the top surgeons to do the surgery, wash the sand from the intestines and take care of the diet very well with the crushed salmon powder, plus the cold ice conditions like Antarctica. After two months, Happy Feet almost recovered and reached a weight of 27.5 kg.
Happy Feet is cared for in Antarctic conditions at Wellington Zoo
Happy Feet has become a popular wildlife throughout the 2 months of rehabilitation treatment, attracting the attention of the media worldwide and inspiring a book and document to recount the verse. The story about this bird. Even New Zealand Prime Minister John Key or famous actor Stephen Fry are also interested in Happy Feet.
The waters where Happy Feet will be free to swim is in Antarctica 2,000km from New Zealand. According to Lisa Argilla, the bird was qualified to survive well in the natural environment. He will also be fitted with a GPS device to provide people with follow up.
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