Photographer Captures Moment Two Widowed Penguins Enjoy Melbourne Skyline Together

A wildlife photographer managed to capture a tender moment between two widowed penguins comforting each other as they look out at a nighttime vista, and it might just be the most adorable thing the internet has thrown at us.

Tobias Baumgaertner photographed the two animals in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda back in 2019, but it wasn’t until yesterday that the incredible snap went viral after it was shared on Twitter.

Credit: Tobias Baumgaertner/Instagram – @tobiasvisuals

When he shared it on his own Instagram page last month, Tobias explained the two penguins had apparently lost their respective partners, and had been watching the ‘dancing lights’ of the Melbourne skyline together. 

He wrote: “During times like this the truly lucky ones are those that can be with the person/people they love most. I captured this moment about a year ago.

Credit: Tobias Baumgaertner/Instagram – @tobiasvisuals

I think it’s safe to say we do – after the image was shared on Twitter it racked up more than 125,000 likes in just one day, along with more than 39,000 retweets. 

The original poster wrote: “Couldn’t stop thinking about these penguins enjoying the Melbourne skyline together so I found the original photographer and apparently they’re BOTH WIDOWED I can’t handle it.” 

Someone else commented: “Wasn’t planning on crying tonight, but thanks.”

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