A baby chick joined the zoo's family of Humboldt penguins yesterday. It's parents, Blue and Esquela, are sitting on another egg, which is expected to hatch later this week.
Zookeeper Gwen Harris says other penguins are sitting on four more eggs, and she has hopes for even more eggs before the breeding season is over.
Visitors can go visit the new little chicks in the spring, when they'll be almost as tall as their parents. They won't develop a tuxedo, however, for a few more years.
Until then, they'll be hanging out in their nest boxes and eating "fish smoothies," which can't be too different from life in their native Peru and Chile, right??
Here's a video of the little penguin chick, demonstrating the miracle of life. It's sort of cute, but also cold and goo-covered.