A penguin finds itself on the coast of New Zealand, at least 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) from the natural habitat of Antarctica.

This Adelie penguin is now affectionately named Pinggu by the locals, and it was found lost on the coast.

The local resident Harry Singh (Harry Singh) who found him said that at first he thought he was a "soft toy."

This is the third recorded incident of an Adelie penguin found off the coast of New Zealand.

After working all day on the beach of Birdlings Flat, a settlement south of Christchurch, Mr. Singh and his wife encountered penguins for the first time when they were out for a walk.

"At first I thought it (is) a plush toy, and suddenly the penguin moved his head, so I realized it was true," Mr. Singh told the BBC.

The penguin video posted on Mr. Singh’s Facebook page showed that the penguin seemed lost and lonely.

"It hasn't moved for an hour... and [seems] exhausted," Mr. Singh said.

Mr. Singh continued to call penguin rescuers because he was worried that the penguins did not enter the water, making it a potential target for other carnivores roaming on the beach.

"We don't want it to end up in the stomach of a dog or cat," he said.

He eventually got in touch with Thomas Straker, who worked in penguin rehabilitation on the South Island of New Zealand for about 10 years.

Mr. Struck was shocked to discover that this penguin was an Adelie penguin-a species that only lives on the Antarctic Peninsula. That night, Mr. Struck and a veterinarian rescued the penguin.

A blood test on Pingu showed that it was slightly lower and dehydrated. Since then, it has been given liquids and fed via a feeding tube.

The bird will eventually be released to a safe beach on the Banks Peninsula, where there are no dogs.

This is the third time in history that Adélie penguins have been spotted off the coast of New Zealand after two incidents in 1993 and 1962.

Experts say that Adelie spots are still rare in New Zealand, but if more such spots appear in the future, this may be a worrying sign.

Philip Seddon, professor of zoology at the University of Otago, told the news site The Guardian: “I think if we start to have Adélie penguins coming every year, we will actually go, and there are some changes in the ocean that we need to understand. "

"More research will give us a better understanding of where penguins go, what they do, what demographic trends are — they will tell us something about the overall health of the marine ecosystem."

Reporting by Zubaidah Abdul Jalil from the BBC

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