Three Month Old Penguin Takes First Cooling Dip! Pictures: Jeremy Durkin
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Baby’s first swim is an anxious time for any parent, but a three-month-old youngster at Great Yarmouth Sea Life Centre took to it like… well, a penguin to water!
Three Month Old Penguin Takes First
Cooling Dip!
Pictures: Jeremy Durkin
The centre’s first Humboldt penguin chick for three years had been eyeing the colony’s pool with impatience during the recent heatwave. “They don’t swim until their plumage has gained an essential natural waterproofing,” explained curator Christine Pitcher. “But it’s been obvious for several days our newest penguin addition was itching to take the plunge, and at times its parents Mumbles and Woody seemed to be physically blocking its path.” The chick, whose gender will not be known until a DNA test is carried out in August, finally dived in on Monday.
Three Month Old Penguin Takes First
Cooling Dip!
Pictures: Jeremy Durkin
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