With winter temperatures plunging, Sanyika the penguin figured his home from home would be the freezing streets of Budapest rather than the city zoo. Local Zugló police caught up with the fugitive along Dózsa György út and now Sanyika is safe and sound at his regular abode.
Zugló police patrolling Dózsa György út late last night came across a strange figure waddling across the road. Sanyika the penguin had escaped from Budapest Zoo and was making a beeline for Heroes’ Square when the local authorities caught up him, wrapped him in a blanket and took him back to safety.
Sanyika is an African or Cape penguin, and doesn’t actually crave the freezing temperatures of the Antarctic. Now having survived crossing one of Budapest’s busiest streets late at night, he can live up for up to 30 years in captivity.
