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A Penguin Scared of Water

England - A penguin (named Kentucky) has become a star attraction at a Staffordshire zoo - because he's terrified of water.

Kentucky stands forlornly on a rock while the zoo's 23 other penguins swim in their pool.

His keepers say he does not have enough feathers to protect him from the icy water.

Handler Adam Stevenson said: "He was born a bit of a runt, so he's had moulting problems most of his life.

"He's lost a lot more feathers than some of his friends. It's too cold for him in the water, so he spends all his time on the rocks walking around.

"The visitors find it quite funny when he's the only one sat there. He has become quite famous because it's unusual for penguins not to like water."

Staff at Blackbrook Zoological Park, in Leek, force 11-year-old Kentucky into the pool twice a day to keep his feathers clean.

Visitor Stacey Commons said: "He's really cute but I felt quite sorry for him - it's like watching a monkey who's scared of climbing up trees."

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KUDZU : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

KUDZU

0 votes NegativePositive

298 days 1 hour ago...

Staff at Blackbrook Zoological Park, in Leek, force 11-year-old Kentucky into the pool twice a day to keep his feathers clean. Bullshit there mean. hey not only have they cage some weird lil flightless bird but they push him into icy waters twice a week. try that shit with a polar bear.

Dillinger : LVL 44: VP 5: said:

Dillinger

30 votes NegativePositive

297 days 23 hours ago...

Start taking donations from visitors to build Kentucky his own pool with slightly warmer waters. Poor kid.

MrFrunzi : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

MrFrunzi

12 votes NegativePositive

297 days 20 hours ago...

^ That`s what I was thinking, why don`t they just give him some warm water?

arturorrg : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

arturorrg

27 votes NegativePositive

297 days 18 hours ago...

He is not a penguin, he is a chicken!

stbasdf : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

stbasdf

1 votes NegativePositive

297 days 17 hours ago...

^hur hur hur

Shifty : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Shifty

4 votes NegativePositive

297 days 13 hours ago...

people find it funny that he is the only one on the rocks...uh people are easily amused this days...

TookyG : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

TookyG

1 votes NegativePositive

297 days 1 hour ago...

The penguin has a full body of feathers now. His moults are still bad but he has a sufficient number of feathers to stay warm in the water. He doesn`t go into the water out of habit.

Just Google "staffordshire zoo penguin" and the information will be in the first link.

commander-buttons : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

commander-buttons

5 votes NegativePositive

296 days 22 hours ago...

Who the fuck goes to the zoo to see a hydrophobic-penguin?

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