A penguin from Antarctica arrived in New Zealand
By Larisa Muntean/ Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- A Emperor Penguin's baby from Antarctica has lost and ended up on a beach in New Zealand.
For the first time in 44 years, a bird from the cold lands reached a beach on the Pacific Coast of South America, reports AFP.
Penguin was found by a local resident, while walking his dog on the beach. "I did not expect to find a penguin, as if dropped from the sky'', told the woman.
Experts say that the Emperor Penguin is about ten months and measures 80 inches. Copy part of the rarest species of penguins, the Emperor, which can reach a height of 122 centimeters and can weigh up to 35 pounds.
Young penguin who most likely lost the colony while searching for food, is healthy and came to the beach, experts say, to rest.
For to survive, the bird must return to his native lands. The emperor penguins eat snow to quench your thirst, but the young specimen found in New Zealand was hydrated with wet sand.
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