Meet Dindim, the penguin who returns to his human soulmate every year

KEY

Question 1

            a) False. The creature, which normally breeds on the Patagonia coasts of Argentina and Chile

            b) False. Mr Pereira de Souza in an interview with Globo TV, in which the bird honks with delight as he recognises his human friend. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do

            c)  True. “Everyone said he wouldn’t return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years

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

Question 2

            a) The biologists commented that many Magellenic creatures usually migrate long distances north to hunt for food and they were very concerned about the increase in the number of sea animals getting stranded on the beaches in Brazil.

            b) A Whale Institute noted 180 situations in which mammals got stuck on the Brazilian shoreline in a three-year period.

Question 3

a) starving

b) faithful

c) bond

d)  wag

e)  rise

Question 4

 a.  A South American Magellanic penguin covered in oil was found by Joao Pereira de Souza.

b.  Dindim is believed to have formed a bond with him after he found it.

c. Mr Pereira de Souza recalled that he wouldn’t leave, he had stayed with him for 11 months and then just after he had changed his coat with new feathers, he had disappeared.