There's a baby penguin who is scared of water.
Charlotte is being hand-reared in Gloucestershire in England, and whenever she is carried into the water the flightless bird tries to take off.
Chicks in the wild learn to swim by following their parents into the water so her keeper Alistair Keen is now jumping into the pool in a snorkel to try to show her how it's done.
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The Humboldts weren't sure
Posted by Alistair Keen on Monday, 13 July 2015
On the Facebook page of Birdland Park and Gardens, Alistair wrote:
"On the 2nd of July we had a photographer in to capture Charlotte taking her first plunge. We had spent about a week trying to get her to go in by herself to no avail so a wetsuit was purchased and snorkel borrowed and in I went!"
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Dive bomb!!!
Posted by Alistair Keen on Monday, 13 July 2015
Alistair says Charlotte's lessons are continuing!
