Penguin With Fear Of Water Gets Swimming Lessons

Being a bird that thinks it’s a fish is problematic enough…however, that’s the life of a penguin. But what happens when a penguin, an animal that is supposed to love the water more than any bird should, develops of fear of it?

Well, that is the life of Charlotte, a baby penguin who was hatched at Birdland Park & Gardens in Gloucestershire, England. This bird may think she’s a fish, but she doesn’t act like it. For that reason, zookeepers who have been keeping a watchful eye on her have started giving the pathetically frightened animals swimming lessons.

Ever since hatching the zoo and then being hand-reared in that same environment, Charlotte has been afraid of the water. Head keeper Alistair Keen said, “initially Charlotte was absolutely terrified at the prospect of getting her feathers wet.”