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sillygirl
you go penguin. i am rooting for you.
Mirai Hayashi
ahhh...leave him alone...he looks like he's having a good time
jojo_in_japan
Should this not be in the "entertainment" section?
orange
I hope he makes it to freedom, and a nice place to live, not that horrible concrete enclosure he was stuck in. Brave little guy!
nath
I wonder how many people the search party consists of, and if they actually know how to catch a runaway penguin.
notasap
How long before he starts to starve...many species do not eat a wide array of food? Do they have any info on that?
iceshoecream
After seeing a shark in front of Yoyogi park it wouldn't surprise me to see a penguin walking around.
TokyoGas
Looks like he is giving the photographer the bird.
Maria
Not waving, but drowning (or at least signaling for help) ? I like to think the little fella made a run for it, going ahead of the others to see if it could be done. But how will he report back to the other inmates? A note hidden in a fish? And how did they choose who would go? How do penguins play junken?
Jeeheon Cho
swim penguin swim!
gogogo
He is waving!
CrazyJoe
Leave the fugitive alone.
BurakuminDes
This is going to make a great Disney Pixar movie one day. What a wonderful, heartwarming story it is!
combinibento
Everyone knows that when a penguin is on the loose in a big metropolis, the only one who can save us is Batman.
cactusJack
Cue the Benny Hill music.
smithinjapan
I'm rooting for the penguin to get away and have a happy life, but with chemicals what they are likely to be at in Tokyo Bay and what not, it might be more dangerous in the open that back at the zoo. So, here's hoping the penguin finds a safe, clean, and quiet place to romp around and catch fish.
WilliB
notasap:
The "wide array of food" for penguins consists of.... fish.
And there is plenty of that in Tokyo Bay. Granted, probably containing more mercury than you´d wish, but humans eat Edowan sushi too, so pengi would be doing just fine, food-wise.
avatarfx
Hurry... bring that spotlight and call Batman!
kurisupisu
If he can dodge the pollution and radiation then he might make it to the open sea?
gogogo
So technically any of the birds could get out at any time?
frontandcentre
Have you seen this Chicken?
(Wallace & Gromit reference)
delrennich
i'm rooting for the penguin too.
techall
The headline threw me for a loop..........whales, now penguins (or Pittsburgh hockey players).!
efisher
Can he survive in the nature?
sf2k
a 60 cm flightless bird that prefers sea to land and likes a lot of fish... is loose! This is hilariously written like it's a menace to Tokyo. It used to be Godzilla. Now its a penguin. How Japan has fallen.
Not a sudden threat to the new Sky Tree? Guards!
WilliB
efisher:
He can´t have offspring, unless his girlfriend escapes too, if that is what you mean. Otherwise, yes sure.
Photoman333
This is like the cow in Germany that was headed for the slaughterhouse and escaped. It had people all over the world rooting for it. (And was eventially caught and got a reprieve from death.)
Fadamor
But seriously, the little guy/gal may have his/her freedom, but at the cost of being forever lonely. Never again to meet up with another one of his/her kind. It's kind of sad, in a way.
Serrano
"penguin at large"
Ha ha ha, too funny!
TheBigPicture
Hope Greenpeace rescues it and takes him to safe waters.
noirgaijin
Now that it is free will it be given Japanese citizenship like Wan-Chan the wayward seal?
If anything, it will be the best dressed bar hopper in Tokyo!
Bartender: What will it be sir?
Fugitive Penguin: The usual, shaken not stirred
noriyosan73
What is its name? Alexander? (Alexander von Humboldt) Swim Alexander, swim!
ReformedBasher
The bird is unlikely to survive for too long (here's hoping I'm wrong). I'm worried a dog will maul it or it will get hit by a car, etc.
If it was not raised in the wild, it might be an easy target for predators. I love nature but I think some greenies forget about how the food chain works. Not everything that walks, slithers, flies or swims is cute and cuddly.
As bad as it may be, the zoo is the safest place for it now.
efisher
Freedom has a price to pay for. Lonely without girlfriend, danger and predators everywhere.