To maximi­se surviv­al chance­s, keeper­s retrie­ved the egg and incuba­ted it until it hatche­d in Octobe­rSINGAPORE: A baby king penguin waddled into view in Singapore’s bird park on Wednesday, the first of its kind to be born there in close to a decade. Maru, which means “round” in Japanese, came from parents Zoro and Sora, part of the king penguin herd in the Jurong Bird Park’s penguin exhibit. To maximise survival chances, keepers retrieved the egg and incubated it until it hatched in October. The youngster will lose its brown down in about nine months for its adult plumage. With a collection of nearly 5,000 birds, the Jurong Bird Park is Asia’s largest avian park.

Source: The Express Tribune December 13, 2017 12:11 UTC