The emperor penguin, dubbed Gus, had somehow swam over 2,000 miles from his icy home and was found on a sun-drenched beach in Denmark, Western Australia, earlier this month.
A lone emperor penguin that had swam itself 2,000 miles from home has been return.The Antarctica native was found on a sun-drenched beach in Denmark, Western Australia, on Nov. 1.Underweight and far from his natural habitat, the penguin, dubbed Gus, was taken in by an experienced local seabird rehabilitator, Carol Biddulph.After 20 days of care, he was returned to the Southern Ocean off the coast of Australia to hopefully make his way back home to the icy waters of Antarctica.
"And now he's on whole fish only. So he's being fed three times a day and he's taking usually about 20 mulies per feed per day."PHOTOS: See lone emperor penguin 1st to swim from Antarctica to AustraliaShe and her husband, Graham, went along on the ride to the middle of the ocean to release Gus, to give him familiar faces and voices to help with the stress. "As a sea bird rehabilitator, there's no second chances, there's no soft release.
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