A pair of penguins was temporarily freed from their habitat in
the Nanjing Underwater World to play outdoors in the snow, local
newspaper Yangtze Evening News reported on Wednesday.
Two penguins from the
Nanjing Underwater World play in the snow on January
30.
The penguins, a male and a female, were frightened by the sudden
change of environment at first, but soon relaxed and played
together in the snow.
The pair was chosen to go on the 20-minute outing as part of the
mating process.
"They had eyes for each other, and it was a perfect chance to
give them some time alone," the penguins' keeper said. "So we kind
of created a date for them."
A worker in the Nanjing
Underwater World takes a penguin outside to play on January
30.
(CRI January 31, 2008)
