The only thing this penguins has ever wanted is simply to be loved. That’s it. She’s not asking for much.
Her name is Sakura and she lives at the Matsue Vogel Park bird center in Japan, The Independent reports. She has grown entirely smitten with one of her keepers and apparently insists on following him around wherever he goes. If he runs, she runs. If he’s a bird, she’s a bird. (Get it?)
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