Seabirds in Yorkshire aquarium are fed anti-depressants – because the miserable British weather is giving them the blues

Penguins are being fed ‘happy pills’ at a Yorkshire aquarium – because the miserable English weather is making them depressed.

The South American seabirds are said to be so glum, thanks to the relentless rain and wind, they have all been put on a course of anti-depressants.

The animal welfare team at at Scarborough Sea Life Centre push the medication into the gills of dead fish, which are then fed to the penguins.

It is the first time the dozen Humboldt penguins at the centre have needed such medication because of the British climate.

Misery can lower the body’s natural defences in penguins even more easily than in humans, experts say.

Staff say that is why the penguins have been prescribed the sporanox pills to try and head off any more serious symptoms

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