A groom surprised his penguin-loving bride by hiring a penguin to serve as ring bearer during their recent wedding. He captured the animal's adorable waddle down the aisle in a video shared on TikTok.

The penguin ring bearer walking into the wedding ceremony to surprise Joseph Keilty's wife. Keilty said that both she and the guests were "shocked but happy." @jk.electrical/TikTok ...

Hiring a penguin set the couple back just over £1,000 as this included the cost of transport and the animal handler. 'We kept it a secret from all the guests - only me, Tom and the ring-bearers ...

A man getting married surprised his friends, family, and future wife with a tiny, well-dressed ring bearer, as a Humboldt penguin joined the ceremony in Chester, England.Video taken by Joseph Keilty ...

He appeared with the rings dangling around his neck after the original bearers pretended they had forgotten them and hurriedly left. Newlyweds Jen, 27, and Tom Loveland, 28, planned the £1,000 stunt.

“We had a surprise ring bearer for my penguin-loving wife at our wedding ceremony,” bragged groom Joey Keilty, 36, from the UK, beneath TikTok-trending footage of his web-footed friend.

A PENGUIN delighted unsuspecting wedding guests by waddling in with the rings. Pringle the Humboldt was lured into joining the ceremony with a bucket of fish. He appeared with the rings dangling ar… ...