TOKYO (AFP) – An elderly penguin who shot to fame in Japan after falling in love with a cardboard cut-out of a cartoon character has died, at the ripe old age of 21.
Earlier this year, the Humboldt penguin became smitten with a cut-out of Hululu – a character from the Japanese anime “Kemono Friends” – after being dumped by his former mate, a female called Midori. A love-sick Grape found solace in Hululu and would stare at her for hours on end.
