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Penguin's First Swim at Cincinnati Zoo

A two-month-old penguin chick took her first swim lesson at Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo,

Click here to see its first steps!

Footage posted on December 8 shows. Julep, a little blue penguin chick, was a natural in the water, the zoo said. Penguin chicks have downy feathers that are not waterproof, and have to wait until most of those feathers fall out before they can swim, the Cincinnati Zoo said.

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Penguin's First Swim at Cincinnati Zoo

A two-month-old penguin chick took her first swim lesson at Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo,

Click here to see its first steps!

Footage posted on December 8 shows. Julep, a little blue penguin chick, was a natural in the water, the zoo said. Penguin chicks have downy feathers that are not waterproof, and have to wait until most of those feathers fall out before they can swim, the Cincinnati Zoo said.

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Penguin's First Swim at Cincinnati Zoo

A two-month-old penguin chick took her first swim lesson at Ohio’s Cincinnati Zoo,

Click here to see its first steps!

Footage posted on December 8 shows. Julep, a little blue penguin chick, was a natural in the water, the zoo said. Penguin chicks have downy feathers that are not waterproof, and have to wait until most of those feathers fall out before they can swim, the Cincinnati Zoo said.

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