Wayward penguin returns home
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-05 08:00
In this photo released by National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), "Happy Feet," the wayward emperor penguin, stands at the top of a makeshift water slide before he is released into the Southern Ocean, south of New Zealand, from the NIWA research vessel Tangaroa on Sunday. NIWA via Associated Press |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - He needed a little push before speeding backward down a makeshift slide. Once in the water, he popped his head up for one last look. And then he was gone.
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