Endangered African penguin chick born at New York Aquarium in Brooklyn

Endangered African penguin chick born at New York Aquarium in Brooklyn

The African penguin, born in December, will make his debut in the Sea Cliffs habitat at New York Aquarium in Coney Island, Brooklyn.

Endangered African penguin chick makes his debut at Coney’s New York Aquarium

It’s one small step for a penguin chick, one giant step for penguin-kind.  A four-month-old critically endangered African penguin chick has made his debut at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, joining his parents and a colony of 34 other African penguins in the rocky Sea Cliffs exhibit.  Though he weighed just two ounces when he hatched in early December, the chick’s arrival was a victory for the aquarium and his species.  [caption id="attac…