This Canadian Jeweler Celebrated a Penguin Love Affair By Making a Seafood Necklace

Beyond the cute factor, the stunt also raises awareness for an endangered species

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A necklace makes a great gift for lovebirds, but this one seems kind of fishy. That’s probably because it’s made of actual fish—mackerel, squid and various crustaceans. But that’s OK, because the lovebirds in question are actual birds: a mated pair of endangered African penguins named Chupa and Ellie, who live at the Toronto Zoo.

Chupa delivered a gift of freshly picked grass back to the couple’s love nest in a clip the zoo posted a few days ago.

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