Meet Lala – an adorable King penguin who was living for years with a Japanese family
The documentary was made in 1996 when Lala was around 10 years old. Back in the day, Lala the King penguin spent his days living in an air-conditioned room and roamed around the streets of his town.
After the family took him to the market for the first time, Lala kept going back. So the family made a decision to put a tiny backpack on him and taught Lala to get fish from the market on his own.
Clearly, it must have been quite a sight for villagers seeing the penguin wandering around with his tiny backpack!
You may be wondering how this family even came across Lala.
Well, apparently, the poor penguin was caught and injured in a fishing net. The family took Lala in and nurtured him back to health.
By that time, the penguin had gotten too attached to the family and didn’t want to leave them, so the decision was made to keep him and to make sure he would have a comfortable life in conditions that are unusual to penguins. Sadly, Lala has already passed away but the memory of him is still alive today.
Watch the video below
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