While most of us might wear our hearts on our sleeve, this little chap shows it off in just the right place.
He is an Emperor penguin chick whose change of plumage into adulthood was brrrrrilliantly blessed by Mother Nature.
The white heart-shaped patch on his chest is a natural formation due to the moulting of his feathers
The baby penguin is blissfully aware that not only is he the focus of a heart-warming image, but that he is also literally one in a million too.
Award-winning photographer and wildlife film-maker Sue Flood said that in the 20 years she has been taking pictures in the Arctic and Antarctic, and on more than 30 trips to the frozen plains, she had never picked up such a penguin phenomenon.
She said: 'It's the only one I have ever come across with a bib of this shape.
'I took the picture at a time when Emperor penguin chicks are gaining their adult plumage and are a mix of grey baby down and "penguin suit" colours.
'This one is one in a million and in all my time as a photographer he's the only one I have seen with a bib of this shape - when I saw it, I just couldn't believe it'.
The Emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species.
Its diet consists primarily of fish but can also include crustaceans, such as krill, and squid.
8th March 2011
Adapted from:
Mailonline.
Bestwishes,
whiteglitters
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