Bronx Zoo breeds 1st little penguin in its 120-year history
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 05:01 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 05:10 PM EDT
New York City's Bronx Zoo has bred a little penguin for the first time in its 120-year history.
The zoo is now exhibiting the chick , which can be seen on its YouTube channel. The chick hatched on May 10.
Little penguins also are known as fairy penguins or blue penguins and are the smallest of the 18 penguin species. Adults are only about 13 inches tall and weigh 2 to 3 pounds.
The rest of the Bronx colony was hatched at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney and was moved to New York as part of a breeding program.
The Wildlife Conservation Society says the Bronx Zoo in turn is supporting the Taronga Zoo's little penguin conservation programs in Sydney Harbor.
In this July 25, 2016 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a "little penguin" chick is shown in its habitat at the Bronx Zoo in New York. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrzjC7ejGX4
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 05:01 PM EDT | Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 05:10 PM EDT
New York City's Bronx Zoo has bred a little penguin for the first time in its 120-year history.
The zoo is now exhibiting the chick , which can be seen on its YouTube channel. The chick hatched on May 10.
Little penguins also are known as fairy penguins or blue penguins and are the smallest of the 18 penguin species. Adults are only about 13 inches tall and weigh 2 to 3 pounds.
The rest of the Bronx colony was hatched at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney and was moved to New York as part of a breeding program.
The Wildlife Conservation Society says the Bronx Zoo in turn is supporting the Taronga Zoo's little penguin conservation programs in Sydney Harbor.
In this July 25, 2016 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a "little penguin" chick is shown in its habitat at the Bronx Zoo in New York. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrzjC7ejGX4
Bronx Zoo breeds 1st little penguin in its 120-year history | World | News | Tor