Fugitive Penguin Surviving in Tokyo Bay

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A one-year-old Humbolt penguin that escaped from a Japanese aquarium back in March has been spotted in the Tokyo Bay.

This penguin, known as penguin 337, escaped from Tokyo Sea Life Park after scaling at 13-foot-high wall and making its way through a barbed wire fence.

Officials from the park feared that 337 would not survive in the busy waters of the bay with the constant traffic headed to the heavily populated Tokyo.

According to Reuters, park officials said that 337 had not gotten any skinnier over the two months he has been gone.

337 appeared to be making meals of small fish during the day and finding an onshore resting place at night.

337 was filmed by a Japanese coast guard patrol on May 7, 2012, however the crew was unable to catch the penguin.

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