LITTLE ROCK — The Little Rock Zoo has announced the hatching of a fourth African penguin chick at the zoo.
The zoo said Thursday that the penguin chick hatched on Sept. 11, weighing 2.3 ounces and now weighs about six pounds. The zoo says the chick was hatched by one set of African penguins, but is being foster parented by another pair that are parents to the zoo's last three chicks.
The African penguin is listed as an endangered species.
The new chick is not yet on exhibit.