Meet Baby Sphengic, the adorable offspring of Sydney’s beloved same-sex penguins
Baby Sphengic: Meet Baby Sphengic, the adopted child of Sphen and Magic, the same-sex penguin couple based at Sydney's Sea Life Aquarium.
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Female penguin: Sydney's Sea Life Aquarium has revealed that Baby Sphengic, pictured with her parents, is a female. It takes experts a couple of months -- and a blood test -- to determine the gender of a penguin, as the sexes closely resemble one another.
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Love story: "We've loved how engaged and interested the visitors from all over the world are, having followed the love story of Sphen and Magic," Laetitia Hannan, penguin keeper at the aquarium, tells CNN Travel.
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Swimming star: The three-month-old penguin is receiving swimming lessons and she's successfully learned to dive.
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Fluid gender roles: Keepers need to know the sex of a penguin to monitor population, but gender roles in penguins aren't clearly defined. Pictured here: Baby Sphengic when she first hatched.