Maryland Zoo Reveals Five Endangered African Penguin Chicks

Five caller endangered African penguin chicks joined the Maryland Zoo’s colony this Wednesday.

The quality comes from their Twitter, arsenic the zoo writes “Look alive, we’ve got different 5️⃣…#endangered African penguin chicks that is! The chick number is presently astatine 8️⃣, but #penguin breeding play is acold from over. We can’t hold to present you to much hatchlings soon!🐧

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These penguins are portion of the yearly breeding play that the zoo regularly facilitates.

According to their website, the zoo notes that African penguins person historically faced galore threats contributing to their endangered status, specified arsenic lipid spills and having to vie with fisheries for food.

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The Maryland Zoo has been moving to prevention these penguins done its palmy breeding program.

They presently negociate the largest colony of endangered African penguins successful North America and person hatched much than 1,000 African penguins.

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The breeding play is expected to tally done February with much African penguins connected the way.

CBS Baltimore Staff