The cardboard
cut-out he fell in love with was moved from the enclosure to be with
the penguin as he passed away.
In April this year, a Humboldt penguin called Grape-kun stole our
hearts when he appeared to develop feelings for a cardboard cut-out of an
anthropomorphic penguin from the Japanese hit anime Kemono Friends.
The
character, called Hululu, was placed in the penguin enclosure at Tobu Zoo
in Saitama Prefecture as part of a limited-time promotion for the anime, which
saw other anthropomorphised animal characters from the series scattered
throughout other areas of the zoo as well.
While
the other animals paid no attention to the cardboard cutouts in their midst,
Grape-kun became so enamoured by his 2-D visitor that he couldn’t tear his
eyes away from her, and it wasn’t long before photos began surfacing online,
showing the penguin staring up at her for hours at a time and refusing to leave
her side.
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