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Meet the real Happy Feet! Baby penguin can't contain his excitement as snow starts to fall

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:13 PM on 2nd January 2011

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It's normally little children that get excited at the sight of their first snowflake.

As permanent residents of the chilly, snow-covered South Pole, you'd think for penquins it would all be a bit, well, mundane.

Not so for this little chap who clearly couldn't control his excitement as the white stuff started to fall.

Full of the joys: The penguin dances around the compound, much to the bemusement of his friends

Looking like the real-life star of animated film Happy Feet, the baby penguin tears up and down while his bemused friends look on.

Or maybe he's a fan of penguin-suited dance legend Fred Astaire, who often went through his paces wearing a top hat and  tails.

The clip was posted on YouTube two days ago and has already attracted thousands of views.

Inspiration: Is our dancing penguin a film fan? If so he might have seen Happy Feet or one of Fred Astaire's many films

In the Happy feet film, Mumble the penguin is cast as an outsider because he has a terrible singing voice. But he soon becomes the star of the show when he discovers he has talent for something none of his friends has seen before - tap dancing.

 

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