The same-sex penguin couple is rare chick in the zoo

Angela Ferguson

BBC News, Cheshire

The chester zoo can be seen peeping out of a stone with scapy and a rectangular hole. They have cream and brown marks and pink edges on their beak. — The zoo said

A rare chick is created and raised by the same-sex penguin couple at the Chester Zoo.

Humbolt Chick is one of the 10 that is composed in the zoo, described as “Bumper Year for Penguins”.

The zoo stated that a pair of male penguins, Skapy and Flounder, stepped into to help lift one of the two eggs placed by “another penguin pair, Whatsit and Peach”, the zoo said.

It is said that the chickens are now asked to be away from being taken into water for the first time.

Zoo bird experts shared the eggs between the two nests carefully, so that both can help start the best and improve the possibility of successful escape.

Humboldt Penguins are the most threat to all 17 species.

New arrival is weighed and their airways are regularly tested to help in monitoring their development

The chester zoo is held in the hands of blue gloves and a blue dress in the hands of a small penguin check a small penguin check. It is of cream-color, a slightly darker color at the top. — New arrival is weighed and their airways are regularly tested to help in monitoring their development

Zo Sweetman, the Penguin Team Manager of the Chester Zoo, said: “This is excellent news for the species and a great success for the International Protection Breeding Program.

“Alcoholic new arrival is all being seen brilliantly by their parents, since they emerged for the first time.”

A zoo spokesperson said the penguin couples shared feeding and upbringing duties, and it was complemented by the additional fish provided by the keeper.

Adult penguins swallow it, combine it in a protein-rich soup, before he re-prepares it to feed the chickens.

10 girls “are away from a very exciting milestone – their first swimming lesson”, Zo Sweetman said

The chester zoo is spread out a penguin chic as it is conducted by a zoo keeper. It has a dark brown color with a light colored chest. — 10 girls “are away from a very exciting milestone – their first swimming lesson”, Zo Sweetman said

The eight chicks living in the residence of the Penguin Island of the zoo are named Ursa, Alakyon, Quaser, Orion, Dooro, Cassiopia, Ulter and Xna after the constellations and astronomical miracles.

The other two are to be nominated in a public vote through social media.

The girls started stopping from their eggs between 16 to 28 April 2025 and have removed the first few weeks of their lives in their nest boys.

The chester zoo holds a penguin wearing blue gloves wearing a zoo keeper. The girl is dark brown with light brown patch on her chest. Its beak is mostly black and brown mixture, which is slightly white. — The girls started stopping from their eggs between 16 to 28 April 2025 and have removed the first few weeks of their lives in their nest boys.

Humboldt penguin facts

This South American penguin is named after Mirch Humbolt Current, with which penguins usually float.
Hambolt penguins are social animals, who live in relatively large colonies
Humboldt penguins travel through water at speeds up to 25mph
They enjoy the diet of small fish, such as Ankoviz, Herring and Smelt and Crustsians
He is classified by the International Union as sensitive to extinction by the conservation of nature (IUCN)
In the wild, humbolt penguins are unsafe for disturbances in their food chain due to strong El Nino streams, which occurs when surface water in the eastern and central tropical Pacific Ocean gets abnormally hot