New Penguins on display at Aussie Aquarium

Penguin population boom at Pool

9th August 2010

 

Two chicks and three young adults has boosted the penguin population at the Pet Porpoise Pool.

ONE of Coffs Harbour’s iconic attractions is experiencing a population boom that might necessitate it being re-named.
The Pet Porpoise Pool is being overrun with penguins.
It is celebrating the hatching of two Little Blue Penguin chicks two weeks ago, and the arrival of three young adult penguins from Sydney’s Taronga Zoo to assist with the Pool’s breeding program.
The Pet Porpoise Pool’s Spencer Pickering, who established the local breeding program, is overjoyed with the recent developments.
“Both penguin chicks are thriving, thanks to their parents good parenting skills,” Mr Pickering said.
“The existing penguin enclosure at the Pet Porpoise Pool has 16 residents in total, with only four females and 12 males, with quite a few old boys! So it’s important to focus on maintaining numbers for future breeding and population success.”
It will be some time before the new chicks go on public exhibition or their sex is known but the Pet Porpoise Pool is pushing ahead with a naming competition.
To register a name for the baby penguins email Angela Van Den Bosch on marketing@petporpoisepool.com or enter your ideas on the Pet Porpoise Pool Facebook page where you can also watch the video of these cute and fluffy little birds.

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