King penguin Missy arrived at the Birdland wildlife park in Gloucestershire when she was at least five years old in 1982. And despite losing the vision in one eye she is still the leader of the colony today.
Despite her age her keepers had no idea that she was the world’s oldest until a zoo in Denmark claimed the title with a Gentoo penguin two years younger than Missy. Staff at the park in Bourton-on-the-Water are now planning to send her details to Guinness World Records to prove her claim to the title. Express.
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