According to a newspaper report from this afternoon (
"Westfälische Rundschau") an elementary student abducted a penguin during a class trip from the Cologne zoo.
The head of a forestry office accompanied the class as a specialist.
He told the newspaper that on their way back home he noticed that one of the boys had "wet" trousers. He had thought that it was "an accident" - though there was a loo on board of the coach.
When he noticed that "accident" a second time, classmates showed him the dripping penguin in the boy's rucksack.
The bus returned to the zoo and the unharmed penguin was happily reunited with his family.
No-one at the zoo will have noticed its disappearance ...
The next headline might be: "Elementary student rides home from the zoo visit on an elephant" .... unless they make strict exit controlls in the zoo(s)
