A truly heartwarming story! Via: Shared.com
He was covered in oil and starving to death when he was discovered, but luckily, his rescuer, wasn't about to let him die.
He named him Dindim and would clean his tarred feathers in the shower and feed him fish to help him get stronger.
"He wouldn't leave, he stayed with me for 11 months," Pereira de Souza said. "just after he changed his coat with new feathers he disappeared." It was hard to let him go, but Pereira de Souza knew he did the right thing.
"Everyone said he wouldn't return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years. He arrives in June and leaves to go home in February and every year he becomes more affectionate as he appears even happier to see me," Pereira de Souza said.
Explaining just how adorable their bond is, he said, "No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do. He lays on my lap, lets me give him showers, allows me to feed him sardines and to pick him up."
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