By 1808Delaware
You are warned — the images below are almost impossibly cute.
The Columbus Zoo & Aquarium has two new occupants this month — penguin chicks who hatched earlier this month over two days.
The proud parents are Oswald and Big Bertha, although one of the chicks now has foster parents to maximize the chance for survival and thriving.
Penguin eggs are smaller than any other bird species when compared proportionally to the weight of the parent birds. Each weighted approximately 80 grams.
It is difficult to determine the sex of newborn penguins, and the Zoo is uncertain at this time on that issue. If all goes well, they will be on display in the coming months and years.
Recent photos are below.
??Two Humboldt penguin chicks recently hatched at the Columbus Zoo!! The first penguin chick hatched on March 7 and the second hatched on March 9. Oswald and Big Bertha are the parents to both chicks but another pair, Chirriante and Asela, is fostering the second chick. ? pic.twitter.com/wY8zGzBT1v
— Columbus Zoo (@ColumbusZoo) March 19, 2021
