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The world's smallest breed of penguin has arrived in Europe after six tiny chicks hatched on the south coast of England.

The group of adorable Fairy Penguins have been born at Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park in Dorset as part of a new breeding programme.

They will eventually grow to around 13ins tall but now, aged just weeks old, they are the roughly the same size as a large gerbil.

The pocket-sized creatures were born from a colony of Fairy Penguins from their sanctuary in Australia in 2018.