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The penguin who doesn't want to swim
last update: Jun 01, 2011 01:13 PM
From a "Newslite" article: Staff at the International Antarctic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, have taken a penguin in their care that does not like water.
Morgan (photo - Newslite TV)
Introducing Morgan, an animal belonging to a species that are amazing swimmers and who gracefully glide through the water. But not 16-year-old Morgan… he's scared of swimming.
Staff at the International Antarctic Centre in Christchurch say they've never known anything quite like the white-flippered penguin who was taken in three weeks ago. When put in water, he refuses to swim and will use his beak and flippers to quickly haul himself out Not only that but he also keeps flipping his water bowl upside down and standing on it.
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Newslite TV, 31st May 2011
