PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - Residents and visitors in Plettenberg Bay once again flocked to the beach on Saturday 28 January to witness what has become a regular happening in Plett over the past four years - the release of African penguins on Lookout Beach.
On Saturday, the five rehabilitated penguins didn't hesitate to make their way down the beach from their enclosure.
One in particular seemed so excited that it took a misstep and tumbled, but got right back up and joined the others in the dash into the ocean, where they disappeared in the waves.
The penguins are all given names while they are at the centre. Brownie was rescued on 6 January along the Robberg Peninsula.
Brownie's cheeky juvenile mate, Green Tag, who got his name from the tag he was given on arrival at the rehab centre, was also released. His rehabilitation mate Blue, a spotted juvenile penguin, finally got to the open waters after he arrived from Buffalo Bay on 12 October last year. And there is a love story among this batch.
Diablo, a female African penguin that arrived on 16 November last year from Buffalo Bay and - wait for it - Agent 21/078, who came from Knysna on 8 December, struck it off.
They were released together and it is likely that they will remain partners for life.
Read the full story in this week's Knysna-Plett Herald.
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