Back in June, an Antarctic emperor penguin took one heck of a wrong turn and ended up in New Zealand, over 3000km off course. Now the little interloper is finally on his way back to where he belongs, and you can track him as he goes.
The penguin — sadistically named “Happy Feet” by his Kiwi captors — finally wore out his welcome this weekend, when the caretakers who had originally rescued him strapped a satellite transmitter to him and shoved him out the back of a boat. His trip home had been delayed because of especially bad weather during New Zealand’s winter, but he managed a pretty impressive 75km in his first day of travel. You can follow his progress on a site set up to show his latest position on a map, and who knows, maybe the little fool takes another wrong turn and ends up in China this time. [Sirtrack via NPR, TVNZ]
Steve
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 9:39 AMAdorable? He’s one of those big, gross emperor penguins, not one of those cute Fairy ones.
And eating sand? It seems even penguins have their… ‘exceptional individuals’ too.
Joel
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 10:55 AMWhy has no-one noticed the spelling error in the title? I expect the Americans to fail at spelling (we’re still Sidney to some of them), but it’s quite obvious.
#corrections
Joel
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at 11:46 AMThanks for fixing lol
And here the Americans are, still with the wrong spelling, after being up all night.
Tania
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 1:46 AMWhat a great story!! I’ll be watching SIRTRACK closely to monitor progress.