Penguin of the week: Lance

A penguin (let's call him Lance: it's a nice name) decided to go on an adventure from his usual hot(cold) spot of Antartica and ended up in New Zealand: 2,000 miles away. 

Poor Lance:  he thought he'd get picked up by the authorities for a free ride back to the South, but not so:  they're leaving him stranded.  An Emperor penguin amongst the tiny blue piddly little penguins of New Zealand, alone and warm.  What poor Lance thought was a trip away from the darkness (it's 24 hour darkness at the moment in Antartica) has ended up being his downfall.

It's a bit like grabbing one of those deals with a cheapo airline thinking you're going to Stockholm and they drop you off in Northern Sweden at a cattle shed of an airport instead. 

Lance is our Penguin of the Week.  We salute you, Lance - that was quite a swim.

I hate Ryan Dispair...  I thought I was going to Venice.

 Read the whole story here
 

Next week's penguin:  Danish Pingo.

Last week's penguin:  Victor goes Dancing