Emperor penguin that travelled 3,000km to West Australian beach begins long journey home

Gus, an emperor penguin who travell about 3,000km from Antarctica to the West Australian coast, is on his long way home after being released into the Southern Ocean.

Emperor penguins can travel up to 1,600km on foraging trips, when they hunt fish, squid and krill. So Gus’s arrival on Ocean Beach, Denmark, on 1 November sparked surprise.

Local wildlife carers Carole and Graham Biddulph looked after Gus during his 20-day “extraordinary stopover” before his release back into the Southern Ocean earlier this week.