Pet Penguin in Japan Travels to Fish Market?

A few months ago, I was watching Real TV (on the Spike Network) and I saw a hilarious segment about a penguin in Japan. Evidently, a family in Japan has a pet penguin that walks to and from a local fish market everyday to get fish. It gets to the counter, points it's beak to the fish it wants, and the store owner gives it to the penguin. The family also places a backpack on the penguin so that it can carry additional fish home with it. They even have a refrigerated room for it to live ... one of the craziest things I have seen.

This morning I decided to try to find the video using Google's video search feature. Although I could not find any video, I was able to find some still images from the segment.

Hopefully one day, I will be able to find the full segment.

**UPDATE - People have finally found the video**
http://dada.castpost.com/130104.html

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I saw the same thing, i told my friends and they though i made the whole thing up.. Its been a joke for the last 2 years..

Posted by joel on November 28, 2005 08:09 PM

any update on finding a video?

Posted by on December 10, 2005 02:44 AM

WE LOVE THIS PENGUIN!!!!!!!
we saw it on tv a few years ago and no-one believed us either
thanks so much for finding these cute pictures

Posted by melissa & jessie on December 30, 2005 08:23 AM

I hope the Penguin is getting paid for his time..I wish I had one here on Maui. Too hot here I guess. Besides he would get beat up by our wild cats. Great story!

Posted by David Smith on January 10, 2006 10:00 PM

I was totally convinced I had dreamt this. Penguin at the fish market exists!

Posted by Patrick on January 13, 2006 05:36 PM

I love this penguin! I would love to meet him/her someday!!!!
yes any update as to where we can find the video?

Posted by pingugirl on January 28, 2006 03:15 PM

I want to show my boyfriend the video segment. Has anyone been able to find the video online?

Posted by Sabrina on February 4, 2006 01:50 AM

Yo dis penguin is da bomb. I am gonna buy one and teach him the same thing

Posted by Jon on February 13, 2006 11:19 AM

I can't get the link above to work, and I can't find another one online anywhere.

Does anyone have this video file saved, or know of another place I can view it. I must show it to the wife.

Posted by Jeff on February 17, 2006 08:14 PM

We watched the penguin show last night from Amazing Animal Videos on Animal Planet. Now the whole family becomes the penguin fans. It that possible to get more info from TV station? Did anybody try already?

Posted by Annemarie on March 4, 2006 11:56 AM

I sent an email to the Spike TV Network asking them to post the video after I saw the segment, but they never responded.

Posted by Nick on March 4, 2006 12:05 PM

Amazing Animal Videos. Episode 1. on Animal Planet at 1:00 pm on March 06, 2006. You will meet that cute penguin again.

Posted by Annemaire on March 4, 2006 09:42 PM

I found this video finally after some super hard searching..

http://dada.castpost.com/130104.html

Posted by Jeff on March 6, 2006 03:02 PM

I finally found the video ..

http://dada.castpost.com/130104.html

Posted by Jeff on March 6, 2006 03:07 PM

Thanks!!!!!!!!!! How'd you find it?

Posted by Annemarie on March 6, 2006 05:33 PM

I have been telling my husband and sisters about this adorable penguin that goes shopping for his family. I don't think anyone believed me, so I'm thrilled that I found the video so they can see for them selves. If anyone knows how to buy a copy of the animal planet episode that this penguin appears on, please post it.

Posted by Haley on June 4, 2006 01:25 PM

I just saw the penguin video from you tube last week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Nc1kvAF3A

Amazing, innit?!

Posted by Eva on July 17, 2006 11:59 AM

Just saw the clip Saturday on Animal Planet. My friends didn't believe me so I sent them your clip...thanks!

Posted by Sylvia Seguin on July 24, 2006 06:00 PM

Thank you for this post! I was just arguing with my wife about whether this existed. I was telling her and my daughter about a video I saw of a penguin in japan that picks up fish from the market for its owners and my wife wouldn't believe me. This was the first post I found. Thanks for proving I'm not crazy.

Posted by Ian Good on August 27, 2006 08:53 PM

I think penguins are asome!I relly want a penguin.

Posted by TAYLOR Lawson on January 16, 2007 03:40 PM

I think penguins are asome!I relly want a penguin.

Posted by TAYLOR Lawson on January 16, 2007 03:40 PM

here is the video

Posted by allen on February 27, 2007 03:12 PM

I love penguins they are my favorit animal and i would love to have one as a pet?

Posted by Stephanie on March 2, 2007 10:20 AM

Haha, great video.

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Posted by alfonso on July 20, 2007 05:10 PM

LOL what the heck.

Posted by Okinawa on July 21, 2007 03:28 AM

Funny stuff.

Posted by Okinawa on July 26, 2007 07:14 AM

LMAO! Okinawa Japan

Posted by Okinawa on September 15, 2007 05:45 AM

I've now moved my Japan Photos to here. I have also moved my HDR stuff.

Posted by Okinawa on September 19, 2007 06:38 AM

What the heck?

Posted by HDR on September 28, 2007 09:51 PM

Youtube

Posted by on October 29, 2007 09:45 AM

That's awesome! I bed he shed his feathers in excitement at the site of all that fishie food. Maybe he needs a Furminator. LOL!

Posted by Dexter on November 14, 2007 11:36 AM

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