Roly-poly penguins on fitness walk at Japan zoo

Roly-poly penguins on fitness walk at Japan zoo

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Penguins entertain tourists at Asahiyama Zoo in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Dec. 18, 2009. The overweight penguins, the zoo says, went through a 500-meter-long snowy walkway for 30 minutes as the temperature dropped to minus 8C in the northernmost Japanese main island.

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