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On the early hours of Sunday morning, August 16, officers patrolling in Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire, spotted an unusual suspect in the middle of the road.
There was a Humboldt penguin waddling all alone.
Humboldt penguins are South American penguins who live mainly in the Pingüino de Humbold National Reserve in the North of Chile, although their habitat comprises most of coastal Chile and Peru.
They are named after the current of water in which they swim, which takes its name from Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt.
What do officers do in situations like this? They pull over and question the suspect right?
The least officers could do was to ask the bird where he came from and what was he doing all alone.
CNN reports that Police Constable Gareth Philp of Nottinghamshire Police said: “We see some very interesting things while out on patrol, but a penguin walking up the middle of the road has to be one of the more bizarre findings we have come across.”
He and his colleagues aptly named the penguin Po-Po.
Reportedly, Po-Po was so friendly he even posed for some pictures with the Force.
In the meantime though, a search was on to find out where Po-Po came from.
Can you believe that he had escaped from his enclosure at a farm in Strelley?
Po-Po engaged in a nocturnal adventure and traveled for a mile before cops found him.
Inspector Gordon Fenwick of Nottinghamshire Police said: “Our officers are trained to deal with a variety of incidents with complex demands and it is great that we quickly reunited the penguin with their owner.”
Poor baby, maybe he was just trying to free himself. That is something we will never know…