A family on the Princess Cruises' Sky Princess found a surprising stowaway on their vacation.

According to the BBC, Charlene Halsey and her daughters found a "shivering" corn crake hiding under the step of a hot tub located on the ship's 16th deck.

The corn crake is considered a species at risk of extinction by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . It's unclear how the small bird ended up on the boat, but experts believe it may have taken a break on the ship while it was cruising through the Mediterranean, only to get stuck after it started pouring rain.

When Halsey and her children found the bird, they notified the ship's crew and began routinely checking on the animal in its hot-tub hideaway. Eventually, the family moved the bird into their cabin for the night to keep i

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