Lowen is the last of six chicks to be bred this season season at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall
This adorable video shows the last penguin chick of the season being hand-reared at a British wildlife park. The
cute chick called Lowen, which means 'Joyful' in Cornish, is seen being
hand-reared as its parents were not supplying him with enough food.
Lowen is the last of six chicks to be bred this season season at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall.
Keeper, Logan Ody, said: "It's been great. In total we have had six penguin chicks so we are doing really well this year.
"A
couple of the chicks from earlier this season are proving to be
particularly friendly with our visitors and becoming big stars at the
penguin photo-call sessions each day."
SWNS
Baby: Lowen the hand reared penguin at Paradise Park in Hayle, Cornwall
Paradise Park hosts a colony of Humboldt's penguins, a species that commonly live along the warm coasts of Peru and Chile. They are considered a vulnerable species in the wild due to human interference and pollution.
The Penguin Camera is located on Torgersen Island (64°46’S, 64°04’W), off the coast of Anvers Island and less than a mile from Palmer Station. Torgersen Island is home to a colony of Adélie penguins numbering approximately 2,500. This camera is seasonal and operates primarily from October to February, the Adélie breeding season. The camera is solar-powered and may sometimes experience brief outages due to inclement weather. School classrooms and other educational demonstrations will often take control of the camera, moving it to gain better views of the colony.
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