The fresh snowfall coming down in light curtains to blanket the enclosure and give cold kisses to all within has the penguin absolutely thrilled.
From one foot to the other to bobbing up and down across the enclosure both feet at once making tiny little penguin feet tracks only for the snow to cover them up and the process to begin anew.
Newly erased tracks are a clean slate for a little penguin who is just thrilled to have the opportunity to make new tracks of its own creation. Even as the young penguin is watched by the parents the young penguin is oblivious to anything other than the bliss that comes from the first discovery of newly fallen snow. Who knew that a bird native to snowy regions could be so excited over snow? This young penguin sees snow for the very first time and explodes in an ecstatic little dance of joy.
Hopping around on both feet while its parents look on, feeling the cold and soft newly fallen snow mashing against its little feet, this is one excited penguin.
One would think that being a natural environment for a penguin would be a more normal experience granting no more of a reaction than a quizzical look at the first snowflakes, but this adorable little bird is excited enough to run and hop laps around the enclosure, switching between walking and excitedly hopping around in the new environment.