The Great Penguin Rescue

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  • Premiered: Dec 2013
  • Episodes: 6
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Season 1
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Episode 1
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 2013
Michaela Strachan is working to graduate as a volunteer at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB); Michaela needs to master difficult skills including feeding both the powerful adult penguins and helpless chicks.
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Episode 2
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 02, 2013
Michaela Strachan is still desperately trying to learn the ropes as a volunteer at SANCCOB in Cape Town; none of the tasks are easy, as the seemingly cute penguins are feisty and Michaela ends up covered in bites and scratches.
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Episode 3
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 04, 2013
New arrivals are flooding into SANCCOB for the chick bolstering project; the latest batch has come from Dyer Island and surrounding colonies, where their parents have abandoned them.
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Episode 4
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Air date
Dec 04, 2013
Michaela meets Betty's Bay penguin colony manager Cuan to collect abandoned chicks, and she feels a certain bond with two penguins, whom she names Stony and Betty.
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Episode 5
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Air date
Dec 11, 2013
Michaela faces her Achilles' heel: tube feeding the penguins; tube feeding is a difficult task, which can stress the birds, or kill them if done wrong.
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Episode 6
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Air date
Dec 11, 2013
Michaela gets some bad news, but Betty has become a plump and healthy blue, ready for release.

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