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“This is to ensure that the adult penguins can focus on raising one chick at a time and provide that hatchling the best possible care. Our animal care specialists monitor the growth of the chicks with frequent weight checks to ensure healthy development.”
The Gulfarium team is excited to reveal that they will be introducing a brand new, limited-time-only encounter where guests can spend time with the two chicks in a behind-the-scenes setting while they learn about the different life stages of these adorable birds.
The Chillin with Chicks encounter will only be available for reservations from 9:45-11:30 a.m. May 1-31 at the Gulfarium, 1010 Miracle Strip Pkwy SE, Fort Walton Beach.
Two rare baby African penguins hatch at Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park
Special to the Daily News
OKALOOSA ISLAND Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park is celebrating the holidays by announcing two new additions to its endangered African penguin family.
The first chick hatched at the Gulfarium on Okaloosa on Dec. 13, a news release from the Gulfarium said. The second hatched four days later.
The chicks parents, Ninja and Jelly, have previously brought four other offspring into the Gulfarium s penguin colony. Ninja and Jelly s first chick, Becky, hatched in December 2016 and quickly became a well-known member of the Gulfarium s animal family.
Becky s brother, Toto, hatched on Sept. 12, 2018. Timmy, their third chick, hatched on Dec. 20, 2019, and Sami, their fourth, hatched in March 2020.