Power Rankings Of Animals That Became NZ Media Superstars For Some Stupid Reason

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1/5 #1 Happy Feet - The Emperor Penguin who was named after the loveable film character became the media darling after being found washed up at Peka Peka Beach on the Kapiti Coast. After being taken to Wellington Zoo a live stream & chat forum was set up for the Penguin. Not long after he was released into the Southern Ocean it was believed Happy Feet had been eaten by a shark
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2/5 #2 Jin The Otter - Back in 2010 the biggest man hunt in NZ was not for a criminal profiled on Police 10/7, no it was for an otter who escaped from Auckland Zoo. For 26 days the media tracked suspected path taken by the otter around the Waitemata Harbour with technology previsouly used to track America's Cup boats
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3/5 #3 Shrek The Sheep - To help further make the world think all NZ is good for is it's bloody sheep, the media went ape shit on Shrek turning him into a world-wide sensation when he was discovered after a six year exile in the South Island High Country. The hype of Shrek was only surpassed the by the shit storm when he was shaved...
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4/5 #4 The Papakura Seal - The most recent NZ media animal darling, this fat water dog didn't get enough screen time after turning up on the loose in Papakura, he returned the next day to spend hours in a local carwash and even had it's own Twitter account
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5/5 #5 Thames The Police Dog - The 4-year-old German Shepherd went missing in the Tararua Range was missing for a week and become the most well known Police Dog since Sniff
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After NZ media blew their brains out over the seal that was on the loose in Papakura this week, we thought about some of the other examples of when NZ media went crazy over an animal. And then we ranked them!

image sources: NZ Herald/NZ Police

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