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The Penguins make caring parents and share the job of incubating their eggs. Females share egg sitting duties with the male for about 40 days.
11th April 2016 - The staff are waiting for signs of pitter patter of tiny chick web-feet! Any day now!
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Nat, one of the Animal Care Team, said "the chicks are born with a downy layer which is soft like velvet and by the time they leave the nest their feathers are fully waterproof.
Photo right : Chick born at Scarborough SEA LIFE Sanctuary in 2014.
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After the chick is born the parents take turns to forage for food, and will not leave the baby until it is about two months old."
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