New England Aquarium
A trio of endangered African penguin chicks made their debut Thursday.
When the penguins hatched in mid-May they weighed just over 2 ounces, the aquarium said in a statement, and after six weeks they weigh about 4 pounds each.
The “ever demanding” chicks were separated from their parents so they could learn to take food from the penguin biologists, the aquarium said.
The chicks will remain behind the scenes until around late July or early August. By that time, the three chicks will live together behind the scenes, “as their fluffy down gets pushed out by waterproof feathers,” the aquarium said.
The aquarium successfully hatched six penguin chicks of three different species, including a little blue penguin native to Australia and a rockhopper penguin, which can be found in southern South America.
African penguins usually live from 10 to 15 years, come from Namibia through South Africa, and on average weigh up to 9 pounds.
source
No comments:
Post a Comment