An emperor penguin swam approximately 2,100 miles from Antarctica to western Australia in what scientists believe is the longest journey ever recorded for the species.

The young male emperor penguin probably swam from Eastern Antarctica and was malnourished on arrival. He will need to make his own way home.

Emperor penguins are renowned cold-weather specialists that can survive blustery winds and temperatures of around minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit during the Antarctic winter. So, what was one doing on a balmy beach in Australia last week?

A lone and lost emperor penguin turned up in a western Australian town, nearly 2,100 miles (3300km) away from its home in Antarctica. The male penguin arrived in Denmark town on Friday. It was the farthest north the bird had ever been seen.

He tried to do like a slide on his belly, thinking it was snow, I guess, and just face-planted in the sand and stood up and shook all the sand off,” a local surfer said.

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