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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Ellie Crabbe

UNBELIEVABLE: Penguin chicks cool off during heatwave with dip in zoo s pool - The Untold Story

Penguin chicks at London Zoo have cooled off in the heatwave with their first dip in the main pool.

Temperatures reached 31C at the zoo in Regent’s Park on Friday, according to the Met Office, and seven of the 18 Humboldt penguin chicks which hatched this summer took their first dip in the big pool.

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