Same-Sex Penguins Raise Rare Chick at Chester Zoo

Same-sex penguins raise rare chick at Chester Zoo

A same-sex penguin couple is helping raise one of 10 rare chicks.

Same-sex penguins raise rare chick at Chester Zoo

A same-sex penguin couple is helping raise one of 10 rare chicks.

Same-sex penguins raise rare chick at Chester Zoo

A same-sex penguin couple is helping raise one of 10 rare chicks.

Same-sex penguins raise rare chick at Chester Zoo

A same-sex penguin couple is helping raise one of 10 rare chicks.

Chester: Same-sex penguin couple hatch rare chick at zoo

Male Humboldts Scampi and Flounder are "devoted" parents to the new arrival, the zoo said.

Ten rare penguin chicks named after celestial wonders after hatching at Chester Zoo - with one being raised by a same-sex couple

The rare new arrivals are highly threatened Humboldt penguins, one of the most at risk out of the world’s 17 species of penguin, and began hatching from their eggs between April 16 and 28.