Lonely penguins perked up by sand sculpture friends

A group of sad penguins at Weymouth Sealife Park in Dorset have perked up after an artist built them life-sized sand sculptures to replace the friends they’d lost.

The park’s Humboldt penguins were left devastated when nine Gentoo penguins they shared an enclosure with were moved to London.

The Gentoos stayed temporarily at the park in transit to their new permanent home, but while in Weymouth they got on well with the resident Humboldts and staff noticed their mood change after the Gentoos left.

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