Overview
- A witness filmed the pair removing the bird from the surf and carrying it onto the sand as bystanders photographed it.
- The penguin appeared highly stressed in the footage, flapping to escape before waves carried it back to the sea.
- The local natural history museum said penguins commonly pass through the area during seasonal migration toward Brazil.
- Specialists urged people not to handle, feed, wet, or try to return penguins to the water and to keep dogs away.
- The clip spread widely on social networks, drawing condemnation and calls to report the incident, with no formal actions reported.