Slate has got an awesome article up about the Brazilian governments airlift of 1000 Patagonian penguins from tropical beaches to their natural habitat, further south. It’s an awesome read, and I’ve included the adorable video which you can see below.
More than a thousand juvenile Patagonian penguins have washed up on the northern shores of Brazil this year for reasons scientists have yet to comprehend fully. Over the weekend, hundreds of the stranded birds were airlifted to the southernmost tip of the country and released into the South Atlantic Ocean, close to their native territory. How exactly do you get that many penguins on a plane?
You put them in crates, 23 birds to a box.
Click here to read Slate’s article
Update - CNN.com has added a nice article too
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