Dindim is a South American Magellanic penguin.

They breed on the Patagonia coasts of Argentina and Chile.

Penguins live for about 25 years and are known for their loyalty to their mates, staying with the same partner until they die.

In 2011, Dindim was found covered in oil and starving on a beach on an island off the coast of Rio de Janeiro by a retired fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza.

Over a week he cleaned the creature's tarred feathers in the shower, fed him a daily diet of fish to improve his strength then took him back to the sea to let him go.

A friendship between the two was born.

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Every year since then, Dindim returns from its habitat to spend June - February with the fisherman.