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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Wilderness Quite Possibly the Best "Cute Animal" Story Ever...

Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 1:05 PM

Pigs in boots are cute. And white tigers befriending chimps are adorable... but a sad baby penguin getting cheered up with a goofy looking stuffed toy? The best thing I've ever seen in my entire life.*

Via dailymail.com:

A baby penguin which had to be separated from its family after a greedy sibling continually ate all its food has found companionship - with this stuffed toy.

The penguin - called Pingu - began to lose weight and appeared weak after its bigger relative regularly helped himself to all the fish on offer.

Concerned keepers were forced to remove Pingu from the enclosure, but at just three-weeks-old the penguin was in desperate need of company.

Staff bought a £3.99 toy penguin from the zoo shop which acts as a surrogate sibling to the chuffed chick - who cuddles up to its new friend all day.

And trust me, you really do want to click over to the dailymail.com for pictures of the little guy and his new BFF.

All together now: Awwww!!!

(Thanks, Nipper.)

*Statement only valid for the next five minutes.

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1
amazing. thank you! i hope he has larger surroundings than that sad little cement corner he's in right now.
Posted by jayme on November 11, 2008 at 1:15 PM
2
This actually made me cry. Fuck. I need to get laid.
Posted by violet_dagrinder on November 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM
3
They should have given it a wire mesh penguin. You know, just to see what happens.
Posted by Julie in Chicago on November 11, 2008 at 1:25 PM
4
man, penguins are dumb.
Posted by danhowes on November 11, 2008 at 1:51 PM
5
Damn cute ass penguin.
Posted by Original Monique on November 11, 2008 at 2:17 PM
6
I have had birds all my life. Laugh if you must, but I have no doubt birds know love. Real love. And loneliness is the absence of love. "Look deep into nature, and you will understand everything better" -Albert Einstein
Posted by Vince on November 11, 2008 at 3:01 PM
7
Stay away from those puffins.
Posted by Sirkowski on November 11, 2008 at 3:13 PM
8
That is going to be one fucked-up penguin. Imagine a kid who has a mannequin instead of friends.
Posted by James Jackhammer on November 11, 2008 at 3:16 PM
9
cuteoverload.com has a "cute or sad?" category specifically for stuff like this. cute? or heartbreaking? you decide!!
Posted by sara on November 11, 2008 at 3:38 PM
10
Where are the two gay penguins that raised Tango? Are they still fostering?
Posted by yucca flower on November 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM
11
Cute until he reaches adolescence and realizes his only "friend" has no orifices.
Posted by emma's bee on November 11, 2008 at 4:03 PM
12
And all these same cooing hypocrites will turn right around and call you sick for getting a RealDoll.
Posted by quinapalus on November 11, 2008 at 4:37 PM
13
Still not as cute as this
Posted by keshmeshi on November 11, 2008 at 9:11 PM
14
that penguin will make for good eatin' when it's old enough, being hand fed like that. yum!
Posted by kfp on November 11, 2008 at 10:43 PM
15
Why did they remove this chick from the family instead of the asshole who was gobbling up all the food? Let the selfish glutton suffer in isolation.
Posted by Hoyt Clagwell on November 12, 2008 at 12:26 AM

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