2024-11-11 10:32:00
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A malnourished emperor penguin found off Australia’s southern coast far from its Antarctic home is being cared for by wildlife experts, government authorities said Monday.
The adult male was discovered on November 1 on a popular tourist beach in the town of Denmark in Australia’s temperate southwest, about 3,500 kilometers (2,200 miles) north of the frigid waters of the Antarctic coast, according to a statement from the Department of Biodiversity Conservation. .
Belinda Cannell, a researcher at the University of Western Australia, said the largest penguin species has never been recorded in Australia, although some have reached Australia’s neighbor New Zealand and are located almost entirely south of Denmark.
Cannell said he didn’t know why the penguin went to Denmark.
Cannell is advising seabird rehabilitator Carol Biddulph, who is caring for the penguin and spraying it with cold water to help it cope with the weather. The penguin was 1 meter (39 inches) tall and originally weighed 23 kilograms (51 pounds).
Healthy men can weigh more than 45 kilograms (100 pounds).
The department said its focus is on rehabilitating the penguins. When asked if the penguins could be returned to Antarctica, the department responded that it was “still evaluating options.”
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This story was translated from English by AP editors with the help of generated artificial intelligence tools.
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