Say hello to those lovely Humboldt penguin chicks at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. Photograph © Brookfield Zoo Chicago.Brookfield Zoo in Chicago welcomed a fuzzy pair of Humboldt penguin chicks on January 28 and January 31.
The chicks had been born to folks Cara and Popero. Animal care consultants on the zoo incubated the eggs. After they hatched, one chick was raised by the dad and mom, and the opposite chick was reared by foster dad and mom Patty and Valentino.
One of many child Humboldt penguins will get weighed by animal care consultants. Photograph © Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
Penguin friends! The pair will be a part of 30 different Humboldt penguins within the Brookfield Zoo’s colony in June. Photograph © Brookfield Zoo Chicago.Humboldt penguins are native to the western shoreline of South America close to Peru and Chile. They’re thought of weak of extinction by the IUCN Crimson Record.
Researchers estimate the wild inhabitants to be underneath 24,000. Brookfield Zoo Chicago has led a conservation program at Punta San Juan for almost 20 years to assist bolster the inhabitants.
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