Farnham penguin finds ‘guide bird’ in one of her friends

By Daniel Sexton

BBC News, South East

A partially-sighted penguin at a fowl park has chanced on a “guide fowl” in one of her friends.

Squid, an African penguin primarily based at Birdworld in Farnham, Surrey, developed cataracts as a chick.

Her buddy, named Penguin, steers Squid around their enclosure, helping when she gets disorientated at feeding time.

Polly Bramham, from Birdworld, said: “The two developed this friendship from a younger age and she has learnt to cling a look at him at feeding time.”

Penguin turned into once so in downhearted health at start he turned into once now not expected to reside so he turned into once now not named, and he did now not join his community except later in life when he turned into once better.

Ms Bramham said as a outcome of he turned into once so in downhearted health he needed to be hand-reared after which “needed to find out easy programs to be a penguin”, so he struggled to match in.

At last, he grew to develop into friends with Squid and the 2 cling been helping every other since.

“They’re now not yet mature but penguins attain are inclined to pair for all times,” she added.

“Whether they develop into a pair themselves, we can need to stamp but they’re like minded as friends.”

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