Grape-kun

Grape-kun
Grape-kun staring up at a rock in his enclosure
SpeciesSpheniscus humboldti
SexMale
Hatched(1996-04-16)16 April 1996
Hamura Zoo, Hamura, Tokyo, Japan
Died12 October 2017(2017-10-12) (aged 21)
Tobu Zoo, Miyashiro, Saitama, Japan
Known forAttachment to anime character cutout

Grape (16 April 1996 – 12 October 2017), colloquially known as Grape-kun (グレープ君, Gurēpu-kun), was a Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) at Tobu Zoo in Miyashiro, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. His attachment to a cutout of Hululu, an anthropomorphic Humboldt penguin character from the 2017 anime series Kemono Friends, earned him international fame and an online fan base. Grape-kun died after a brief illness in October 2017, and was commemorated by the zoo and his fans.

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