A same-sex penguin couple have become parents after the egg they adopted successfully hatched at Valencia aquarium. The two female penguins, Electra and Viola, at Oceanografic Aquarium in Valencia, Spain, hatched another couple's egg. Same-sex couples are common in more than 450 species in nature, although this is the aquarium's first same-sex couple. Electra and Viola aren’t the first same-sex penguin couple to raise a chick, however, as homosexuality is common in penguins. The eggs hatch at 38 days and the chicks usually become independent at 75 daysThe shy penguin chick hides under its same-sex parents.

Source: Daily Mail August 19, 2020 11:23 UTC