West Country Paignton Zoo

Zookeepers said the four-month-old chick disappeared on Monday 18 November after it "decided that it wanted to explore the local area".

Tom has developed an innovative technique for hand-rearing the baby birds that have been abandoned or orphaned by their parents.

Staff are not quite sure how Curtis and Arthur have acquired the chick, but say it is not unheard of for Chilean flamingos.