Pair of male king penguins parenting new chick at Calgary Zoo

CALGARY — The Calgary Zoo’s newest king penguin chick is already growing strong thanks to lots of parenting from a pair of male king penguins.

Four-year-old Arthur and 17-year-old Nero have been sharing the responsibilities of incubating, feeding and protecting the zoo’s new addition, which hatched two weeks ago.

Malu Celli, a curator at the zoo, says the male couple are close and are taking parenting duties seriously.

She says they helped incubate the egg for nearly two months before it hatched.