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Penguins in a British sanctuary are so miserable about the weather they are being given antidepressants.
The constant wind, rain and snow that has lashed the country this winter has the Humboldt penguins at the Sea Life Centre in Scarborough down in the dumps, the Guardian reports.
"Humboldts in the wild on the coast of Peru and Chile can be subjected to some pretty wild extremes of weather," curator Lyndsey Crawford told the Guzelian news agency. "What they don't get though is weeks of almost daily downpours and high winds.
"After the first week out birds were just a bit subdued, but after over a month now, they are thoroughly fed-up and miserable, much like the rest of us."
This is not the first time the animals have become anxious from a change in routine. Three years ago, they became stressed after a trespasser broke into their enclosure and had trouble producing eggs again.
The antidepressants are being administered to try to circumvent any more serious symptoms that might arise as a result of the penguins' misery.
"They're doing the trick so far, but we are all praying for the weather to change and at least a few successive days of sunshine to give the penguins the tonic they really need," said Crawford.
- BBC.co.uk
The constant wind, rain and snow that has lashed the country this winter has the Humboldt penguins at the Sea Life Centre in Scarborough down in the dumps, the Guardian reports."Humboldts in the wild on the coast of Peru and Chile can be subjected to some pretty wild extremes of weather," curator Lyndsey Crawford told the Guzelian news agency. "What they don't get though is weeks of almost daily downpours and high winds.
"After the first week out birds were just a bit subdued, but after over a month now, they are thoroughly fed-up and miserable, much like the rest of us."
This is not the first time the animals have become anxious from a change in routine. Three years ago, they became stressed after a trespasser broke into their enclosure and had trouble producing eggs again.
The antidepressants are being administered to try to circumvent any more serious symptoms that might arise as a result of the penguins' misery.
"They're doing the trick so far, but we are all praying for the weather to change and at least a few successive days of sunshine to give the penguins the tonic they really need," said Crawford.
- BBC.co.uk
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