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AnArizonaaquariumiscelebratingthehatchingofthreeendangeredAfricanpenguinchicks,

sayingthetinyadditionsaregeneticallyvaluableaszoosandaquariumsaroundtheworldworkto

ensurethespeciessurvivalthroughbreeding(培育)programsandconservationefforts.

satOdySeaAquariummadetheannouncementonFriday,postingtheofthe

cutebirdsonsocialmedia.Theyhatchedafewweeksagoandwillremainbehindthesceneswith

theirparentsuntiltheyrereadyforapublicappearance.

Africanpenguinshavesufferedamassivepopulationdeclineoverthedecadesandarelisted

asendangeredbytheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature.Soanysuccessfulhatchingis

causeforcelebration,saidJessicaPeranteau,directorofanimaltrainingandeducationatthe

aquarium.

“AsthepopulationoftheAfricanpenguincontinuestorapidlydecline—down23%inthe

pasttwoyearsalone—OdySeaAquariumremainscommittedtothesurvivalofthespeciesin

partnershipwithAssociationofZoosandAquariums，”Peranteausaidinastatement.The

breedingprogramestablishedbytheorganizationaimstobuildupagenebankforthespecies.

ssaytwoofthethreenewchicksinScottsdalewereborntoparentsMojoand

Lemieux—apowercoupleofsortsthatwasselectedforpairingaspartofthebreedingprogram.

Thethirdchickwasborntofirst-timeparentsBubbandWeasley.

Aquariumworkerswillregularlyconduct“chickchecks”，briefexamstomonitortheir