And its off for a walk we go ..

A baby penguin gave its keepers a real scare recently by escaping from the beady eye of its parents and going for a wander round the zoo before deciding to settle down with some friendly lions.

The Lions , fortunately, were asleep in their den at Muensteer Zoo, in Germany, and didn't appear too keen on waking up – probably due to the freezing cold weather !

It took staff a whole day to coax the baby penguin away from her new friends with a trail of herrings, which she eventually preferred to being eaten herself.

The staff have now named her Leona, for some reason – perhaps it means something in german, like lucky !