Heartwarming story of a Penguin that travels 5,000 miles away to meet his savior -

This is the story of immense love between a penguin and a man. This is the heartwarming story which gives some kind of insight into animal relationships. In May 2011, Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, from an island off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the flightless bird in distress covered in oil and floundering on the beach. He rescued the penguin from South American Magellanic penguin spending a week cleaning its sticky feathers, and nursed him to health. He even named him Dindim, before setting him free in the wild. But several months later, De Soza gets shocked that the Dindim makes his returned to him and even seemed to recognize his savior.Now, Dindim spends eight months of the year with his savior and the rest of his time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile. The flightless bird is believed to swim around 5,000 miles every time he returns to his rescuer. De Soza said,”“I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me.” and adds “Everyone said he wouldn’t return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years.