Skapi and a pair of flocker, a male humbolt penguin, are taking steps to raise a girl at the Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom.
Chik is one of the 10 born during the zoo team manager Zo Sweetman described on Thursday. News release “Bumper year for penguin here.” Humbolt Penguins are one of the 17 species of the penguin of the penguin, one of the most risk and listed by the International Union for the protection of nature. Now the colony has 63 penguins in the zoo.
According to the zoo, the penguin pair Whatsit and Peach laid two eggs this year. Zoo experts shared eggs between Whatsit and Peach and Skapy and Flounder’s nests.
“Zoo bird experts carefully shared the eggs between the two nests, so that the two could help give the best start and improve the possibility of successful escape.”
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Penguins eggs are incubated for about 40 days and once an egg is produced, it seems about three days before the chick hatch.
While a zoo spokesperson said that Skampi and Flounder have never created and have picked up a girl first, Add the same-sex penguin Are not unheard of. In 2018, Two male penguins But Sea Life Sydney aquarium A girl was composed in Australia, and then in 2020, a pair of female penguins welcomed a baby girl in an aquarium in Spain. In 2022, a male penguin Couple at a zoo in New York The state became parents.
Penguin parents share food and upbringing duties. Caster zoo keepers provide fish, which parents swallow and mix in “protein-rich soup”, which they revive to feed chicks, according to the zoo.
This year, eight out of 10 penguins at Chester Zoo have been nominated in April since weeks.
“This year we have gone with an astronomical theme for the naming of girls and we have enjoyed coming up with names inspired by stars, constellations and cosmic miracles,” Sweetman said.
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The zoo is taking suggestions on social media before taking a decision in the name of two girls, but others are named: Ursa, Alakyon, Quaser, Orion, Dorado, Cassiopia, Ultaire and Zenna. The name of Chik of SCAPI and Flounder will be selected on social media. The zoo has not specified whether the girl is a male or woman.
Since her birth, according to the zoo, drunken penguin girls have almost quadrupled in size.
“They are now away from a very exciting milestone – their first swimming lesson, which is always a thrill for the witness because they first dive into the pool,” Sweetman said.
Humboldt, a native of South America, is unsafe for Penguins Climate change And Habitat Loss, according to the zoo. The population number has decreased by about 85% in the last 40 years.
According to the zoo, “Castes play an important role in the International Breeding Program for Penguin Colony species in the zoo, which helps to maintain genetically healthy population in conservation zoos across Europe.”
According to the zoo, humbolt penguins are non -vegetarian, eating small fish and crustaceans. They spend up to 75% of their lives in water. They generally live 12 to 15 years, but can live up to 20 years in human care.
According to the zoo, many penguins are acons.
