Proud Kamchatka kaira mistaken for a penguin
Residents of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky posted on social networks a sensational video of a penguin on an ice floe in Avacha Bay, Kamchatka.Today reports.
“The poor guy got washed up,” the fishermen who shot the video comment, meaning that the penguin was brought from Antarctica.
But the ornithologists explained that this is a common kite in Kamchatka. From a distance, the proud profile of these birds can indeed be mistaken for penguins. But the sizes don’t match.