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Hello Maru! Baby penguin takes first public waddle in Jurong Bird Park


The baby king penguin is the first of its kind to be hatched at the bird park in close to a decade.

13 Dec 2017 07:47PM (Updated: 14 Dec 2017 05:54PM)

SINGAPORE: A baby king penguin waddled into view in Singapore's bird park on Wednesday (Dec 13), the first of its kind to be hatched there in close to a decade.

Maru, which means "round" in Japanese, came from parents Zoro and Sora, part of the king penguin colony in the Jurong Bird Park's penguin exhibit, said Wildlife Reserves Singapore in a press release on Wednesday.

To maximise survival chances, keepers retrieved the egg and incubated it until it hatched on Oct 10.



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