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A penguin that escaped after being displayed at an event on a central Japan island was recaptured about 30 kilometers away after two weeks on the loose, according to the event’s organizer. The 6-year-old female Cape penguin, a species also known as an African penguin, was caught in good health on Sunday after it escaped on Aug. 25 from the event held on Himaka Island in Aichi Prefecture. Bred in captivity and having never swum in the open ocean before its summer escapade, the penguin is believed to have traveled more than 40 km along the western coast of the Chita Peninsula, according to Gekid…

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