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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Premature baby penguin recovers after parents broke her egg
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleLondon Zoo says a premature baby penguin has been nursed back to health after her parents accidentally stepped on her egg and broke it.
The zoo says keepers were astonished to find that the female Humboldt penguin chick, nicknamed Rainbow, was still alive inside the broken egg. They rushed the chick to the zoo’s clinic, where vets transferred her to an incubation chamber.
The chick spent weeks cuddling with a soft toy penguin and was fed what the zoo called “penguin milkshake” — blended fish, vitamins and minerals.
Penguin keeper Suzi Hyde says that the birds typically reject chicks when they accidentally step on their eggs.
She says the one-month-old chick is growing quickly and will stay in the incubation chamber until she reaches 10 weeks.
— AP
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