New 'desert' penguin chick arrives in Seattle
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A female Humboldt penguin chick hatched at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle as part of the Species Survival Plan breeding program, marking the first offspring for parents Merlin and Tucker and the 98th chick successfully raised by the zoo since 2010.
Humboldt penguins remain vulnerable, with 23,800 mature individuals in the wild; zoo breeding success does not guarantee wild population recovery, but represents important preservation work.
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