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SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) -- And he thinks he's tired now.

A rare "Groucho Marx" penguin found exhausted on an Australian beach after a 2,000 km (1,240 miles) swim has been saved by Sydney zookeepers but will soon have to earn his keep by snuggling up to two lonely females of his vulnerable species.

The Fiordland Crested Penguin, also known as Groucho Marx penguins because of their distinctive bushy eyebrows, is one of the world's most endangered penguin species and is usually found in the frigid sub-Antarctic waters off southern New Zealand.

The male penguin was found at Norah Head, a sleepy beachside hamlet about 80 km (50 miles) north of Sydney, last November, exhausted and suffering respiratory problems after his trans-Tasman trek.

"The girls have been on their own for quite some time now," Taronga Zoo spokeswoman Danielle McGill said.

According to McGill, Munroe already has happy feet at prospect of meeting his new companions.

"He hasn't seen them yet but he's heard them. He's quite excited, he keeps trying to escape to get to them," she said.


[Luck Penguin, eh? He gets saved and then gets some kind of harem.]

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/01/10/australia.penguin.reut/index.html