Fugitive penguin captured at last!
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After a two month penguin-hunt, following an escape from a Japanese aquarium, Penguin 337 has been captured and returned to The Tokyo Sea Life Park.
The one-year old Humboldt penguin has been living a fugitive life ever since it tackled a two metre fence in early March and escaped into the waters of the Edogawa river, on the northern side of Tokyo Bay.
Penguin 337 was spotted some 30 times in the vicinity of Tokyo Bay during its eleven weeks on the run, and has found fame as the first runaway penguin to have reached the sea. It has eluded capture on several occasions.
But on the 24th May, its adventures came to an end when two Tokyo Sea Life Park keepers caught it underneath a bridge over the Edogawa, and brought Penguin 337 back home.
A spokesperson commented: "It hasn't lost weight. It hasn't got fatter either, but its health seems good."
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