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What a beautiful story!
Reblogged from 
João Pereira de Souza saved the life of a small Magellanic penguin 5 years ago, and the bird has rarely left his side since. He always returns to the man’s house.
Source: Patagonian Penguin Always Returns to the Human Who Saved His Life 5 Years Ago http://www.odditycentral.com
João Pereira de Souza, a retired bricklayer from Rio de Janeiro, shares a heartwarming bond with a Magellanic penguin native to South America’s Patagonian region. For the past five years, the bird seems to have altered its natural migratory pattern just to be able to visit de Souza several times a year.
The unlikely friendship began in 2011, when de Souza found the bird, nicknamed Jinjing, soaked in oil on the beach near his house. He brought the penguin home, cleaned him up, and offered him a meal of cool sardines and…
Lada Ray Blog 
So much for the lame argument so often heard that our brother and sister creatures are of little consequence because “they are only animals”! ;o)
Exactly.
People who say that don’t understand themselves and the world around them.
A great friend to have. I wonder, though, does he spend his five months at sea complaining to his fellow penguins he can’t have a life of his own because he has an elderly dependent to look after?