地震避難のペンギン、初お披露目　月内に能登へ―すみだ水族館

　能登半島地震で被災した「のとじま水族館」（石川県七尾市）から避難していたマゼランペンギン７羽が２６日、「すみだ水族館」（東京都墨田区）で初めて一般に公開された。
　７羽は２月１日にすみだ水族館に到着。けがなどのリスクを減らすため公開されていなかったが、のとじま水族館が営業再開して３０日に返還されることになり、「元気な姿を実際に見てもらおう」と、館内で朝の散歩を行う１０分間限定で公開された。（2024/08/26-17:08）

Seven Magellanic penguins evacuated from a central Japan city hit hard by the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula earthquake to an aquarium in Tokyo were shown to visitors Monday for the first time since the relocation.
   The penguins arrived at Sumida Aquarium in the Japanese capital's Sumida Ward from Notojima Aquarium in the Ishikawa Prefecture city of Nanao on Feb. 1, a month after the 7.6-magnitude temblor.
   Sumida Aquarium has stopped short of displaying the Magellanic penguins to reduce the risk of injury. But it decided to allow visitors to see them, though for only 10 minutes during a morning walk, as they are set to be returned Friday to Notojima Aquarium, which has reopened after recovering from damage caused by the powerful New Year's Day earthquake.
   About 30 visitors flocked to Sumida Aquarium to see the penguins when it started Monday's operations at 9 a.m., with some taking their pictures and others shouting cheerfully.
   "I'm happy to be finally able to see them," a 45-year-old corporate worker from Tokyo said. "I want to go to see them in Noto if I have a chance," he also said.