Lost Magellanic penguin swims 5.000 kilometres to Peru

May 15th, 2007

According to a curious news article appeared on several media, a Magellanic penguin strayed thousands of miles and swam all the way to Peru’s Paracas national reserve. These penguins are native of the Strait of Magellan area, which means the penguin apparently made the 5.000 kilometres journey all by itself.

Wilder Canales, head of the Paracas reserve, said the disoriented bird "got lost in the sea due to the different ocean currents".

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