Penguins head for cooler climate
Environment Birds had washed up on Brazil’s coast

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By The Associated Press
Published: October 7, 2008

SAO PAULO, Brazil — More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil’s equatorial beaches were flown south and released closer to the frigid waters they call home, environmentalists said Monday. Onlookers in southern Brazil cheered as the young Magellanic penguins entered the ocean and swam away, the International Fund for Animal Welfare reported.

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The penguins were among nearly 1,000 that have washed up on Brazil’s northeastern coast in recent months, said fund spokesman Chris Cutter.

Environmentalists say it is not known why the penguins were stranded so far north, but suggest they could have been carried beyond their usual range by a flow of warm water.


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