P-p-p-pick of the penguins

P-p-p-pick of the penguins

20 May 2009

A new fab four were making a splash yesterday as Beatlemania was replaced by penguin power at Yarmouth Sea Life Centre.

Ringo, Boomer, Arnold and Lola waddled and swam around their new home in a £200,000 enclosure at the seafront attraction.

From this weekend, the four Humboldt penguins are sure to draw the crowds when they go on display for the first time.

The aquatic birds came from Sea Life Centres at Hunstanton and Weymouth, Dorset. And, after spending a few minutes eyeing up their new penguin pad, they soon dived in and started exploring their spacious home.

It was soon obvious that breeding pair Lola and Arnold had hit it off with their new-found friends as they cavorted around the enclosure's 22,000-litre pool.

The four penguins will soon be joined by eight others after a public vote revealed that the birds were the most wanted attraction.

Centre manager Mike Salt said: "People like penguins because they are fun to watch and are comical. It is great to see that our new penguins have settled in really well."

There are only 10,000 breeding pairs of Humboldt left in the wild.

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