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Penguin foster parents hatch newborn at Brookfield Zoo Chicago The Humboldt penguin chick hatched in May after its egg was laid in Ohio By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
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A pair of “veteran” penguin foster parents at Brookfield Zoo Chicago incubated an egg that hatched the zoo’s newest Humboldt penguin chick on May 28. In what the zoo called “a true example that ‘it takes a village’” in its July 1 announcement, the two foster parents, a penguin couple named Divot and Rosie, cared for the egg and the newborn chick after it hatched. They were chosen to be the egg’s surrogate incubators due to their history of successfully incubating and raising chicks, having raised their own chicks in 2021 and 2022 and fostered another chick last year. “In preparation for the egg’s arrival, Divot and Rosie were offered artificial eggs to incubate, a method used to acclimate them to the task of fostering since penguins cannot distinguish between their eggs and others,” said Cody Hickman, the zoo’s associate director of avian conservation and care, in a written statement. Two other Humboldt penguin chicks have hatched at the zoo since February. The biological parents of both chicks are part of the zoo’s Humboldt penguin colony, but like the chick who most recently hatched, they each needed foster parents to care See PENGUIN on page 8
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