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# Penguins chill in new London Zoo pool
## London Zoo has opened up England's largest penguin pool allowing visitors
to see endangered species up close.
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Called Penguin Beach, the new £2 million facility will be home to the zoo's
resident population of South American Humboldt and Antarctic Macaroni
penguins.
With sandy beaches and rocks it may not look like the sort of place you would
imagine penguins living in the wild but as Adrian Walls of London Zoo's bird
section explained: "These penguins are South American and sub-Antarctic so
they are used to rocky outcrops and sandy, tundra areas."
Mr Walls hopes that having the penguins in this environment will enable them
to live, breed and raise their young naturally without so much human
intervention.
Penguin Beach is five times larger and three times deeper than the previous
penguin pool at the zoo and features a large underwater viewing platform where
visitors can watch the birds diving for food.
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