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Snow exciting! Animals in Cotswolds enjoy the wintry weather

two photos side by side of white rhino calves seeing snow for the first time.Cotswold Wildlife Park / Mammal Keeper Liam

White rhino calves Markus (left) and Mo (right) were having a brrr-illiant day, as they were seeing snow for the very first time

January has got off to an icy start, and lots of you have been telling us about what you've been doing in the snow these past few days.

It's not just humans who have been able to enjoy the snowy weather in the UK at the moment - animals at Cotswold Wildlife Park have been too.

For some of them, it was the first time in their entire lives that they'd seen any snow.

Here's what some of them got up to.

Chilling with a snack

a close up of a prairie dog eating some food in the snow.Cotswold Wildlife Park / Mark Bentley

It's very important to eat enough when it's really cold, something this prairie dog was clearly taking very seriously.

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Icy athlete

a red panda walking on a snowy branch.Cotswold Wildlife Park / Mammal Keeper Charlotte

Millish the red panda was like a gymnast on the icy branches of her tree - thankfully she has well adapted claws to deal with such conditions.

Photo bombing may ruffle some feathers

a red crested goose photobombing a photo of a a group of other red breasted geese sitting in the snow.Cotswold Wildlife Park / Mammal Keeper Abbie

Not satisfied with a group photo, this red breasted goose wanted all of the spotlight when them camera came out.

It's a cool snap in more ways than one.

Happy as Larry

two penguins in the snow with their heads up and beaks open as if shouting.Cotswold Wildlife Park / Mark Bentley

These penguins were yelling for joy at the sight of snow

And of course, the penguins were right at home in the wintry weather - I think you can almost see a pen-grin.