The hen that thinks it's a penguin

[Still Waters]

A hen in China appears to be suffering from some kind of identity crisis, apparently believing that it's a penguin.

Awkwardly described as a 'peng-hen', the hen doesn't walk like a normal chicken - instead, it waddles upright with its wings tucked behind its back.

The hen's owner, fisherman Liu Yong, says that the hen 'walked in a weird way from its childhood', marching around upright rather than scratching on the ground and roosting on a perch at night.

The identity crisis sadly means that the hen is rather lonely - Liu says that 'other chickens must think she is a freak, as no one will get close to her.

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