Congratulations to the bird crew at Sea World San Diego on the 21st hatching of an Emperor Penguin! This is the first emperor chick for them in around 8 years!
Sea World San Diego is one of only two institutions in the world to display these amazing animals, alongside 4 other species of penguin in their state of the art Penguin Encounter. Emperors (Aptenodytes forsteri) are the largest species of penguin on the planet, standing as tall as three and a half feet, and weighing as much as ninety pounds.
Normally, things like this would not get me all that excited. But this case for me is a little different. I used to work for Sea World, and am lucky enough to know how much these people in the Aviculture Department care for these birds. It is such a great thing to see good people succeed! Great job! Hopefully I can get back to San Diego before this little guy/girl gets much older! Sea World
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