Penguin chicks enjoy the Edinburgh sunshine
Edinburgh Zoo's gentoo penguin chicks have been enjoying the tropical temperatures in the Scottish capital.
June 5, 2010
Edinburgh Zoo's penguin chicks are learning to walk (PA)Roslin Talbot, Edinburgh Zoo's head keeper of penguins, said visitors to the zoo could not stop commenting about how cute the chicks were.
"Penguin chicks are adorable and are really just small, unstable versions of their parents with more fluffy juvenile feathers," she said.
The young birds have also been a hit with wildlife lovers around the world who have been following their progress by logging on to the zoo's online penguin cam.
And the keeper expects people to keep track of the chicks as they enter the most entertaining phase of their early lives.
"Over the coming weeks, as the younger chicks catch up with the older ones, there'll be lots of amusing waddling and exploring the enclosure further away from mum and dad," she added.
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Baby penguin chicks have been finding their feet at Edinburgh Zoo .
The gentoo penguins, which began hatching from May 7, are developing a sense of adventure and exploring their world beyond the nest.
During mating season, zookeepers placed large doughnut-shaped nesting rings and pebbles in the enclosures. The males presented the females with a pebble love token during courtship.
More than 100 eggs were laid and 52 have hatched so far, with 45 surviving.
Penguin keeper Roslin Talbot said: "Penguin chicks are adorable and are really just small, unstable versions of their parents with more fluffy juvenile feathers.
"Over the coming weeks, as the younger chicks catch up with the older ones, there'll be lots of amusing waddling and exploring the enclosure further away from mum and dad.
"Visitors coming to see the penguins can't stop themselves from saying: 'Ah aren't they cute?"'
The chicks are fed by both parents until they are three months old. The adults regurgitate part-digested food - when hungry the chicks simply peck on the parents' beaks which causes the adult to "cough up" the morsels.
Adult feathers develop at about three months, when the parents stop providing food and the chicks begin to fend for themselves. Couples normally each have one chick or two.
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) are medium-sized, about 76cm tall and weigh an average 5kg. In the wild they are found in remote islands, especially the Falklands and South Georgia in the southern Atlantic, and on the Antarctic peninsula.
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And the keeper expects people to keep track of the chicks as they enter the most entertaining phase of their early lives.
"Over the coming weeks, as the younger chicks catch up with the older ones, there'll be lots of amusing waddling and exploring the enclosure further away from mum and dad," she added.
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Baby penguin chicks finding their feet at Edinburgh Zoo
Tiny gentoo penguins started hatching at the zoo on May 7. 05 June 2010
Baby penguin chicks have been finding their feet at Edinburgh Zoo .The gentoo penguins, which began hatching from May 7, are developing a sense of adventure and exploring their world beyond the nest.
During mating season, zookeepers placed large doughnut-shaped nesting rings and pebbles in the enclosures. The males presented the females with a pebble love token during courtship.
More than 100 eggs were laid and 52 have hatched so far, with 45 surviving.
Penguin keeper Roslin Talbot said: "Penguin chicks are adorable and are really just small, unstable versions of their parents with more fluffy juvenile feathers.
"Over the coming weeks, as the younger chicks catch up with the older ones, there'll be lots of amusing waddling and exploring the enclosure further away from mum and dad.
"Visitors coming to see the penguins can't stop themselves from saying: 'Ah aren't they cute?"'
The chicks are fed by both parents until they are three months old. The adults regurgitate part-digested food - when hungry the chicks simply peck on the parents' beaks which causes the adult to "cough up" the morsels.
Adult feathers develop at about three months, when the parents stop providing food and the chicks begin to fend for themselves. Couples normally each have one chick or two.
Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) are medium-sized, about 76cm tall and weigh an average 5kg. In the wild they are found in remote islands, especially the Falklands and South Georgia in the southern Atlantic, and on the Antarctic peninsula.
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