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Penguins (Compendium; Miscellaneous)

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P p pick out a penguin as the world's favourite.

A UK wildlife park resident is in the running to be crowned the world's favourite penguin.

Spike, who lives at Birdland in the Cotswolds, has made the final of the international competition held by charity Penguins International. He is up against an African Penguin called Mai, who lives in Hawaii.

Birdland's head keeper Alistair Keen, said: "We've already got one king being coronated in the next few weeks, but hopefully we can get a second."

Spike, a King Penguin, was hatched at the centre in Bourton on the Water in 2007 and hand-reared, after his mother and father abandoned him.

Alistair Keen crouched down smiling and looking at Spike

Image caption, Mr Keen (pictured) said Spike "quite regularly" chases keepers around

Spike has had cameras around him for most of his life so is "very used" to them, explained Mr Keen.

"He was on a lot of national newspapers as a chick, he was on BBC Breakfast news as a young penguin. He's our go-to bird for lots of TV work and photoshoots," he added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65296823
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And he's a winner!

A penguin described as "a real personality" has been crowned the world's favourite penguin.

Spike, who lives at Birdland in the Cotswolds, gained the most votes in a global competition held by charity Penguins International. The King Penguin was hatched at the centre in 2007 and hand-reared after his mother and father abandoned him.

"For Spike to have made quite such a global impact is really incredible," said his keeper, Alistair Keen.

Spike has 15,000 Facebook followers, has been featured in a David Attenborough TV programme called Natural Curiosities and even had his own segment on a programme called Penguins Make You Laugh Out Loud.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-65343340
 
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