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Andy Crick & Zahna Eklund

Woman enlists help of penguins to propose to girlfriend in sweet zoo moment

A woman proposed to her girlfriend with the help of several penguins from a zoo after she took her partner to see the birds because they're her favourite animals.

Louise Middlewood arranged for her girlfriend Naomi to have a feeding session with the Humboldt penguins at Drusillas Park, near Alfriston, East Sussex, and had spoken to zoo staff about her plans to propose ahead of time.

During the feeding, workers told Louise and Naomi to hunt for a small toy egg that had been hidden somewhere on the special beach inside the penguins' enclosure, and when Naomi found it, she opened it up to find a note inside telling her to turn around - where Louise was waiting on one knee.

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