More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home. Onlookers cheered as the young Magellanic penguins were set free on a beach in southern Brazil and scampered into the ocean, the International Fund for Animal Welfare said. It called the penguin release the largest yet in South America.
The penguins were among nearly 1,000 that have washed up on Brazil's north-eastern coast in recent months, group spokesman Chris Cutter said.
About 20% of the penguins died and the rest were not healthy enough to send back.
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