Brazil Sends Beached Penguins to California for Their Health

Magellanic penguins normally breed in the chilly waters off the coasts of Argentina and Chile, and don't survive long in Brazil's heat (Getty)

Penguins often wash up along the Brazilian coast, swept northward by strong currents from the Straight of Magellan. In 2008, 700 penguins landed in Brazil, some so exhausted they could barely lift their heads. (2007 Getty Images)

Lines of Magellanic penguins head for the sea on February 3, 2007 on Saunders Island, Falkland Islands.  (2007 Getty Images)

Three Magellanic penguin chicks walk by a group of children as they walk to their new home on Penguin Island at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California.  (2010 Getty Images)

Three Magellanic penguin chicks pause as they walk to their new home on Penguin Island.  (2010 Getty Images)

Two Magellanic penguin chicks pass by zoo visitors as they walk to their new home on Penguin Island at the San Francisco Zoo  in San Francisco, California.  (2010 Getty Images)

Dressed in a penguin costume, five year-old Aaron Larson and his mother Tina Cole watch as a group of Magellanic penguin chicks pass by as they walk to their new home. A colony of 44 penguins reside on the Island.  (2010 Getty Images)

 Magellanic penguins head for the sea in sight of a cruise ship at Hadassa Bay on February 9, 2007 in Stanley, Falkland Islands.  (2007 Getty Images)

 Three Magellanic penguin chick contemplate diving into the water at their new home on Penguin Island.  (2010 Getty Images)