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  • Here is the true story of Dindim, the rescued penguin from Ilha Grande, Brazil, that returns

  • every year to his rescuer according to biologist Joao Paulo Krajewski. He presented the story

  • about the penguin Dindim for the segment Domingão Aventurain of Globo TV, Brazil. The heartwarming

  • story went viral on social media and internet all over the world. He said that several news

  • agencies and websites have published versions of the story that were filled many misconceptions

  • and misinformations.

  • Dindim is a Magellanic penguin that was rescued in May 2011 by Mr João Pereira de Souza,

  • in Provetá Beach, Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro State. The penguin was covered in oil and

  • could barely move. Mr. Joao cleaned and fed the penguin for days until he was strong enough

  • to be released in the sea. Joao then took the penguin in a boat to a nearby island and

  • released the animal. Later that day, Joao heard squeaking in his backyard at Provetá

  • beach. Much to his surprise, he saw the penguin had returned and was calling out for him.

  • Dindim took up temporary residence in Pereira de Souza's backyard until February 2012. One

  • day in February, Dindim simply disappeared. It is unknown where Dindim had ventured off

  • to. Months later in June, Joao heard a loud squeak coming from his backyard and Dindim

  • was there, waiting for him. The two were reunited again. This has been going on every year since

  • then. The penguin returns in late June and stays until mid-February.

  • Some of the articles stated thatpenguin travels 5,000 miles every year to see his

  • rescuerand even show a map showing the supposed annual migration route of Dindim.

  • Krajewski says the truth is that they don't know where Dimdim goes the rest of the year,

  • but the biologist says it's extremely unlikely that he travels to Patagonia, which is thousands

  • of miles away. "This is because Dindim stays in Ilha Grande

  • at the same time all other Magellanic penguins are breeding in Patagonia and other islands

  • down South," said Krajewski. "When these penguins finish breeding and moulting,

  • they migrate and spend months feeding in the sea."

  • He also mentioned that he have never said that local authorities allowed Mr Joao to

  • "keep the penguin because of his kindness". "First of all, the penguin is completely free.

  • It sleeps in Mr. Joao’s backyard, which is connected to the beach and only partially

  • fenced, since Joao is concerned about street dogs attacking the penguin," said Krajewski.

  • "Judging by the first photos taken when the penguin was rescued and by an evaluation by

  • local biologists, Dindim is reaching the sexual maturity now. He is estimated to be about

  • 6 years old." He also mentioned that Dindim is a male. "We know that because we took a

  • few measurements of his bill and the sex was later confirmed by a group of professionals

  • from Ubatuba’s Aquarium that took a blood sample and tagged Dindim for research, " said

  • Krajewski.

  • He said that João, Dindim’s rescuer, is not a fisherman and that he is a retired bricklayer.

  • He have not made any comment about religion, miracles and things like these. "I don’t

  • think the fact Dindim was found by Mr Joao was a divine intervention. Many penguins are

  • found sick in the coast of Brazil, and finding and taking care of one is pure chance. If

  • anything created this event, it was the terrible habit of humans to trash the environment,

  • which causes many animals to get covered in oil or swallow trash, " said Krajewski.

  • He interpreted this story as Dindim was rescued, fed and stayed with Mr. Joao for the entire

  • part of the year while the species usually stay in the beach and breed along the coast

  • of Patagonia, it imprinted on Dindim that Ilha Grande is home instead. "When all the

  • Magellanic penguins are going to Patagonia, Dindim goes to Ilha Grande and recognises

  • Mr. Joao. Penguins are usually very loyal to their partner. They may live for over 25

  • years and usually mate with the same individual in the same nest every year. This site and

  • partner fidelity certainly facilitated the development of the relationship between Dindim

  • and Mr. Joao. The relationship was created by the accident suffered by Dindim and by

  • Joao having rescued him."

  • "The only statement in English I have was passed indirectly to a news agency from the

  • UK, and is this: Magellanic penguins are usually very loyal to their partner. They live for

  • more than 25 years and usually the same couple nests in the same hole every summer in Patagonia.

  • The penguin Dindim certainly displays this same loyalty by changing the usual nesting

  • site of the species by the place where it was rescued and fed in Brazil. His rescuer,

  • Mr João, is now like family for him. Professionals who work with animal rescues make the most

  • to avoid relationships like this so they are able to reintroduce the animal into the wild.

  • But this isolated case in Brazil certainly allowed Dindim to live and was the best this

  • humble and kind man could do for the penguin."

Here is the true story of Dindim, the rescued penguin from Ilha Grande, Brazil, that returns

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