An Antarctic Emperor penguin took a wrong turn and ended up stranded on a New Zealand beach.
Conservation experts say the penguin is about 10 months old and is about 32 inches tall. Colin Miskelly, a curator at Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, said the bird was probably born during the last Antarctic winter. It may have been searching for squid and krill when it took a got lost.
Mr Miskelly said Emperor penguins can spend months at a time in the ocean, coming ashore only to moult or rest.
Peter Simpson from New Zealand's Department of Conservation said they planned to leave the penguin alone and let nature take its course.
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Conservation experts say the penguin is about 10 months old and is about 32 inches tall. Colin Miskelly, a curator at Te Papa, the Museum of New Zealand, said the bird was probably born during the last Antarctic winter. It may have been searching for squid and krill when it took a got lost.
Mr Miskelly said Emperor penguins can spend months at a time in the ocean, coming ashore only to moult or rest.
Peter Simpson from New Zealand's Department of Conservation said they planned to leave the penguin alone and let nature take its course.
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If you want to see this poor thing there is a video here
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/video.cfm?c_id=1&gal_cid=1&gallery_id=119647
I have written to the New Zealand Dept. of Conservation to express my views and disgust that they are not planning on helping this penguin get to a suitable community to stop the poor thing dying from lonliness. If you feel as strongly as I do please write also.
http://www.doc.govt.nz/footer-links/feedback/general-enquiry-form/
The New Zealand Herald is the country's largest newspaper - you can lobby the editor here - please help apply media pressure.
http://dynamic.nzherald.co.nz/feedback/email.cfm?user=onlineeditor
