Montreal's Espace pour la vie museum network has announced the birth of a king penguin chick at the Montreal Biodome. Its mother laid the egg on December 29 and the chick hatched on February 1. But don't expect to see the fuzzy grey chick anytime soon. It and its mother are currently bonding in a secluded section of the biodome's subantarctic habitat. Even zookeepers are staying away in order to not disturb the delicate process underway.
Butters, a wild turkey whose impressive strut, handsome plumage and fearless personality transformed him into a social media sensation, died last year after being struck by a car.The bird's rare presence garnered it hundreds of followers on Facebook and a thriving community of pandemic-weary Montrealers who chronicled his adventures across different parts of the city.