Zookeepers found the two males incubating a
purloined egg.
A pair of mated male penguins in a Dutch zoo
were so eager for offspring that they stole an egg from another pair of
penguins.
Two male black-footed penguins (Spheniscus
demersus, also known as African penguins) at DierenPark Amersfoort zoo in the
Netherlands were recently found incubating a purloined egg. Their nest —
holding the stolen egg — was near a nest that belonged to a male and female
penguin couple, zoo representatives said in a statement.
Hatching season was already underway for the
zoo's penguin community, and the males likely swiped the egg from their
breeding neighbors during "an unguarded moment," according to the
statement.
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