Fluffy Penguin Chick Hatches At Zoo

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3 ай бұрын

A tiny Humboldt penguin chick came out of its shell last week at the Oregon Zoo.
“The little beak came out first,” said Marcus Jason, who oversees the zoo’s penguin habitat. “Everything went well with the hatching, and the chick’s parents are doing a great job caring for it in their nest.”
The young penguin began “pipping” (when a chick’s beak breaks through the membrane of its shell) Saturday, March 2 and emerged early on Monday, March 4. Humboldt penguins typically hatch 40 days after eggs are laid, and according to Jason it takes two or three days from when they pip to when they’re fully hatched.
The fluffy, pint-sized new arrival - which is small enough to fit in the palm of your hand - is the 194th Humboldt chick to hatch at the zoo since it began breeding the threatened species in the 1980s.

Пікірлер: 29

@AustinSPTD1996 3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the world, little Humboldt penguin chick! :3

@sharonkernerman6927 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing the happy news. We welcome you to the zoo and world with love.

@A.L.Gardner 3 ай бұрын

Little love ❤

@ruthresetar5940 3 ай бұрын

What a darlin'! ❤

@g-a-i-l- 3 ай бұрын

Cute baby.

@firewaterbydesign 3 ай бұрын

*Absolutely PRECIOUS beyond words!!! After raising baby birds for most of my adult life, I can NOT see a baby bird without my maternal instincts going into overdrive!!!* 💕🤣💕

@annm4833 3 ай бұрын

Nice to meet you Little One ❤️🐧

@nonacrane491 3 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, the baby yawned! How cute was that?!?❤❤

@CaptEoNinja83 3 ай бұрын

Oh, that little squeak it makes when it yawns! I'm dying from cute!

@TheBlindRaven 3 ай бұрын

My heart is melting. I want your job 🥹

@catherinebreitfeller669 3 ай бұрын

Sooo cute !!!

@ramzaheiral 2 ай бұрын

it’s so so so small i’m crying

@helene48 3 ай бұрын

Adorable bébé❤‍🩹❤‍🩹❤‍🩹

@jataim4197 3 ай бұрын

❤ Well, we know it's 'booty' is the "Oh, YEAH‼️"scratching spot.👍🐧😌

@sp1cychick3n 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@DavidMora-ed3br 2 ай бұрын

CUTENESS OVERLOAD !

@LindaR423 3 ай бұрын

So cute and fuzzy.

@hannahmccoy4304 Ай бұрын

Adorable!

@holliegould3463 Ай бұрын

the YAWN!? ❤️😭❤️

@lifeinjaneyscrochetworld8756 3 ай бұрын

💜💋just in time for spring

@bonnieblanchette4396 3 ай бұрын

❤😊

@davidnierzwick2775 3 ай бұрын

🥰

@enricotoesca3941 3 ай бұрын

🥰🥰🥰🥰

@alicechapman4005 2 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@jakemiketta3868 3 ай бұрын

What’s the baby’s name?

@sealselkie7682 3 ай бұрын

Божечки😊❤❤❤❤ Пингвинчик❤❤❤❤

@user-cd7dh1eu6y 2 ай бұрын

Are they not kept with mom and dad

@parisgreen4600 Ай бұрын

I think they just took baby to be weighed and then returned it - in the description, the head penguin keeper says "the chick’s parents are doing a great job caring for it in their nest.”