Loyal Penguin Returns Annually To Bond With Brazilian Man Who Rescued Him

Kim Bussing
Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:00:20 -0700

In May 2011, Joao Pereira de Souza stumbled upon a stranded Magellanic penguin outside his shack on Proveta Beach in Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro. The bird was soaked in oil and unable to move. The 71-year-old retired bricklayer scooped up the starving penguin, nursed it back to health and put it out to sea.