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In Patagonia – a region of the South American continent – journalists recorded an amazing and touching penguin relationship with by man. To the seventy-year-old resident of Argentina, Juan Pereira de Souza annually brings a penguin named Dyndim, which the man saved his life in 2011. The grateful bird does not bother that for such a meeting she needs to swim more than eight thousand kilometers across the ocean.
Magellanic penguin from the genus of spectacled penguins lives with his a human friend from June to February, changing the plumage during this time. Then an amazing bird swims back to its relatives, however for the past five years in a row has certainly returned in the summer to joy senior citizen.
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Joao told local media that he had found in 2011 not far from his home penguin, completely covered with fuel oil. The bird thrown on the shore was completely helpless and slowly was dying. The Argentinean took the penguin home, where he washed and went out, calling a little friend Dindim. It took a man a whole week to thoroughly cleanse the bird from the product oil refining.
Penguin turned out to be more devoted and smarter than a dog
When the creature recovered, it left the person, however, to to general amazement sailed to the same place a year later and began seek your savior. Other residents were informed about this pensioner he sat down.
Magellan penguins live not only in Patagonia, but also in Peru, in Rio, in Tierra del Fuego, on the islands of Juan Fernandez and Falkland Islands. On average, an individual of this species lives twenty five years.
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De Souza recounts: “Apparently, Dindeme began to count me one of his family members. He doesn’t allow anyone to touch himself, however, I can calmly pick him up, stroke him, play with him, wash and feed him. Sailing here every summer, the dindeme is taken walk near the shore and look for me. As soon as he notices me, then starts to scream joyfully and wag its tail, just like a dog. I before and did not know that penguins can be so loyal and smart. ”
Juan Pereira de Souza worked all his life as a bricklayer. Today he moonlights as fishing. Unusual acquaintance with a resident of the wild nature also brought fruit to the man: every year, journalists generously pay the Argentinean for the opportunity to cover the next visit smart bird. Biologists claim that it is truly unique case, since not a single case has been previously documented such a strong attachment of a penguin to a person.
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