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Tara Fitzpatrick

Concerned woman phoned Edinburgh Zoo about injured penguin before discovering it was a rock

A concerned woman phoned Edinburgh Zoo about an injured rockhopper penguin on a webcam – before discovering it was just a rock.

The world-famous Edinburgh Zoo has more than 100 gentoos, kings and rockhoppers in its enclosures - all of which can be viewed on a live streaming webcam.

A worried Twitter user alerted the zoo that an animal on the webcam looked as though it was lying on its side.

Raising the alarm Jazz, who had been watching the webcam, asked the zoo on Twitter: "Is this penguin okay? He hasn't moved."

But Edinburgh Zoo quickly got back to Jazz to tell her it was in fact just a rock.

They said: "Hi Jazz, we do have rockhoppers but that's just a rock "

Embarrassed Jazz said: "Well this is embarrassing, back off to Specsavers I go."

A J-Lo fan running the Edinburgh Zoo Twitter account quipped: "Don't be fooled by the rocks that we've got."

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