The Great Penguin Rescue

Michaela must learn quickly if she is going to graduate as a volunteer at the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB). She needs to master difficult skills including feeding both the powerful adult penguins and helpless chicks.

Episode 2 starts with Michaela still desperately trying to learn the ropes as a volunteer at SANCCOB in Cape Town. None of the tasks are easy as these seemingly cute penguins are really feisty and she ends up covered in bites and scratches!

New arrivals are flooding into SANCCOB for the chick bolstering project. The latest batch has come from Dyer Island and surrounding colonies where their parents have abandoned them.

Michaela meets Betty's Bay penguin colony manager Cuan to collect abandoned chicks. There are two that she feels a certain bond with and she names them Stony and Betty.

It's time for Michaela to face her Achilles heel; tube feeding the penguins. It's a difficult task which can stress the birds or worse kill them if done wrong.

The finale starts out with both good and bad news; Tiger has died his digestive issues finally getting the better of him. But Betty is now a plump and healthy blue ready for release.