US EditionSame sex penguin couple step in to raise baby chick at Chester Zoo
- Ten Humboldt penguin chicks have hatched at Chester Zoo, marking a "bumper year for penguins" according to the zoo.
- Scampi and Flounder, a same-sex pair of male penguins, are helping to raise an egg from another penguin pair, Wotsit and Peach.
- The Humboldt species is highly threatened, categorized as vulnerable by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature .
- The chicks are nearing their first swimming lessons at the zoo's Penguin Island habitat, where they will join their parents.
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Gay penguins hatch and raise endangered chick at UK zoo
A pair of gay male Humboldt penguins, Scampi and Flounder, have become proud parents at Chester Zoo in England after stepping in to help raise one of two eggs laid by another penguin couple, Wotsit and Peach.The zoo’s bird care experts made the careful decision to share the eggs between the two nests to give each chick the best possible start. This method increases the likelihood of successful fledging, a crucial step in the chicks’ early develo…
Same-sex penguin couple hatch and raise chick at Chester Zoo
Knutsford Guardian
Same-sex penguins raise rare chick at Chester Zoo
A same-sex penguin couple is helping raise one of 10 rare chicks.
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