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Visit Byculla zoo this World Penguin Day

Visit Byculla zoo this World Penguin Day

Mid-Day
Mumbai
By Aakanksha Ahire
Published Apr 25, 2023

Where it all started

Under its revamp project, the Byculla zoo bought 8 Humboldt penguins from Seoul, South Korea on July 26, 2016, at the cost of Rupees 45 crore

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About the penguins

The 8 penguins were namely Bubble, Mr Molt, Donald, Daisy, Popeye, Olive, Dory and Flipper. Sadly, in October 2016, Dory succumbed to a bacterial infection

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In March 2017, the remaining 7 penguins were put up for public display. This boosted the number of visitors visiting the zoo

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The zoo had four female penguins and three male penguins, and six of them had already paired up

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A home built for their comfort

Then newly brought penguins were kept in a quarantine facility where temperatures are maintained at 16-18 degrees Celsius

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To make them feel at home, artists created an exhibit area using rocks and also built 400 sq ft pool in the zoo as similar to the penguins’ natural habitat

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The toughest challenge was to erect the glass panel weighing 1,500 kg through which people could see the penguins. The entire process took around 11 days

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New members of the family

The total count of Humboldt penguins at the zoo currently stands at 12. In 2021, a male chick named Oreo was hatched

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In April 2022, three new penguin chicks namely Flash, Bingo and Alexa were hatched. Another single chick was hatched in August

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To spend some time with the penguins at the zoo, you can book your ticket from the Zoo’s official website

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