Heartwarming story about Peguins

Today’s most heartwarming story is brought to you from a beach in Brazil.

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It’s the story of a South American Magellanic penguin who swims 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

Retired bricklayer and part time fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the tiny penguin, covered in oil and close to death, lying on rocks on his local beach in 2011.

Joao cleaned the oil off the penguin’s feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to build his strength. He named him Dindim.

The prodigal penguin returns (Picture: TV Globo)

After a week, he tried to release the penguin back into the sea. But, the bird wouldn’t leave. ‘He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his coat with new feathers, he disappeared,’ Joao recalls.

And, just a few months later, Dindim was back. He spotted the fisherman on the beach one day and followed him home.

Look who’s back (Picture: TV Globo)

For the past five years, Dindim has spent eight months of the year with Joao and is believed to spend the rest of the time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile.

It’s thought he swims up to 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life.

(Picture: Rio de Janeiro Federal University)

‘I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,’ Joao told Globo TV. ‘No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do. He lays on my lap, lets me give him showers, allows me to feed him sardines and to pick him up.

It’s thought Dindim believes the fisherman is also a penguin (Picture: TV Globo)

‘Everyone said he wouldn’t return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years. He arrives in June and leaves to go home in February and every year he becomes more affectionate as he appears even happier to see me.’

(Picture: Rio de Janeiro Federal University)

Biologist Professor Krajewski, who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV, told The Independent: ‘I have never seen anything like this before. I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin as well.

‘When he sees him he wags his tail like a dog and honks with delight.

And, just like that, the world seems a kinder place again.

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Princess Merida story, personality, appearance

Princess Merida is the protagonist of Disney/Pixar's 2012 animated feature film, Brave. This article features information about Merida princess, her story, personality, and appearance. Fun fact of the day.

She is the first Scottish princess in the Disney Princess franchise, the 11th official Disney Princess and Pixar's first entry into the Disney Princess franchise.

Princess Merida is the headstrong and free-spirited 16-year old tomboyish, willful daughter of Queen Elinor, who rules the kingdom alongside her husband, King Fergus. Queen Elinor's expectations of her daughter cause Merida to see Elinor as being distant while also causing friction between the two. Despite Elinor's desire to see Merida as a proper royal lady, Merida is an impetuous girl who wants to take control of her own destiny. Merida has honed her skill in archery, and is one of the most skilled archers ever seen. She is also skilled in sword-fighting and racing across the countryside on her horse, Angus. Despite her outgoing, forceful, headstrong and wilful personality, Merida does have a playful softness of heart; particularly when it comes to her younger triplet brothers, Harris, Hubert and Hamish.

Personality

Merida is a very bold, brave, daring, courageous, stubborn, rebellious and headstrong girl who does not fit the stereotypical princess role. Rather than being a damsel in distress who is subservient to the customs, traditions, and social restrictions her society places on her and expects her to follow, Merida openly rebels and defies her heritage as a princess and would like for nothing more than to be a normal girl. She is very athletic and enjoys nothing more than riding her horse Angus and practicing her archery, of which she is the best in the kingdom. She also seems to be skilled in sword fighting, as shown in the Brave featurette "Cutting the Class". She tends to be ungraceful and has bad manners, and is extremely tomboyish. It is also interesting to check out for cat facts for kids.

Appearances

Merida is first seen as a child playing hide-and-seek with her mother Queen Elinor on her sixth birthday. Then she sees her father's bow on the table and asks him if she can shoot an arrow with it. Fergus, her father, presents her with her own bow as a birthday present. She accidentally shoots her 6th arrow into the forest and goes to retrieve it, but is distracted by a trail of will o' the wisps that appear before her. The Wisps lead her out of the forest and back to her parents. Elinor tells her that the wisps lead you to your fate, but Fergus doesn't believe it. Suddenly, Mor'du attacks, and Elinor and Merida flee while Fergus stays behind to fight the demonic bear.

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Jasmine

Jasmine is the 6th Disney Princess and the leading 

lady of Disney's 31st animated feature film Aladdin 

(1992). Jasmine is fierce, bold, and confident, and 

she rarely allows anyone tell her what to do and 

what not to do. Jasmine hungers for independence, 

tired of the restrictions laid before her by her father. 

She falls in love with Aladdin while he is disguised as 

a prince, after he takes her on a romantic ride on a magic 

carpet. 

Pocahontas

Pocahontas is the 7th Disney Princess and first appeared in Disney's 33rd animated feature film Pocahontas (1995). Pocahontas is displayed as a noble, independent and highly spiritual young woman. She expresses wisdom beyond her years and offers kindness and guidance to those around her. An adventure and nature lover, in the film she appears to have shamanic powers since she was able to commune with nature, talk to spirits, empathize with animals and understand unknown languages. In the sequel,  She bravely intends to 

sacrifice herself for her people's safety and returns to her 

homeland, finding herself, and love, once again.

Mulan

Fa Mulan is the 8th Disney Princess and first appeared 

in Disney's 36th animated feature film Mulan (1998). 

The movie is adapted from the legend of Hua 

Mulan (386–536). Mulan, a typical and unlike most previous 

female roles, is courageous and more self-reliant. She also 

does not fit in with the expectations of a young Chinese girl 

of the time; despite her natural beauty, she is clumsy, outspoken, 

and independent rather than graceful, silent and demure. However, her courage, intelligence, 

and determination helped her through her adventures, in which 

she disguises herself as a male soldier in order to fight in the 

Chinese army in place of her wounded father.

Disney Princess

Snow White

Snow White is the 1st and original Disney Princess.

A main character in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 

1st animated feature film Snow White and the Seven 

Dwarfs (1937). 

She is a beautiful young princess, described 

by her evil stepmother's Magic Mirror as having "hair as black

as ebony, lips as red as the rose, skin as white as snow". 

She is forced to seek refuge in the home of the seven dwarfs, 

where she hides from her evil stepmother, 

The Evil Queen Grimhilde, who is jealous of Snow White's 

beauty and seeks her death. 

Snow White is often described 

as a kind, optimistic, tidy and happy person who sees 

the good in everyone.

                                                                                                                                            

     Cinderella

             

Cinderella is the 2nd Disney Princess and the title character in Disney's 12th animated feature film. Cinderella, released in 1950. 

She is often considered the "Leader of the Disney Princesses". Forced into servitude by her evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine, and her two cruel stepsisters, Drizella and Anastasia. Cinderella dreams of going to the ball. When all seems lost, her fairy godmother allows her to attend, where she meets and falls in love with the Prince. In the original movie,





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Aurora

Aurora is the 3rd Disney Princess. She first appeared

in Disney's 16th animated feature film Sleeping Beauty (1959).

Aurora has hair of sunshine gold and lips that shame the red rose; she is often described as beautiful, kind, shy and sophisticated.She is also a hopeless romantic. 

At first, she is seen as a little naive and insecure as a result of being sheltered for most ofher life but, unlike Snow White, she is somewhat pluckier and more opinionated. In later media, she is shown to have matured and become more self-assured, independent and confident. 

Ariel

Ariel is the 4th Disney Princess. She is the youngest of King Triton's seven daughters. Ariel is a mermaid princess in the undersea kingdom Atlantica(according to later media in the franchise).Fascinated by the human world and tired of life under the sea,Ariel makes a deal with Ursula the sea witch,trading her voice in return for humanity. Ariel is fiercely independentand a dreamer, which is notable in her collecting of humantreasures in her private grotto. She is bold and a risk-taker.

 Ariel is distinguished by her bright red hair, purple/lavender seashell bra and green tail.

   

Belle

Belle is the 5th Disney Princess, first introduced in

Disney's 30th animated feature film Beauty and the Beast (1991). 

Personality-wise, Belle has been regarded as an independent,

intelligent, courageous and headstrong as well as a feminist. 

The character has been universally lauded by critics, garnering specific praise and recognition for her intelligence and bravery.