India's first penguin born in Mumbai zoo, named 'freedom baby'

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India's first penguin born in Mumbai zoo, named 'freedom baby'
India's first penguin born in Mumbai zoo, named 'freedom baby'

Mumbai : India welcomed its first penguin at Mumbai's Byculla zoo on Independence Day at 8 pm. He has been named "Freedom Baby".

"Flipper", one of the eight Humbolt penguins brought to Byculla zoo, had laid an egg on July 5 after mating with "Molt", another of the penguins.

"The 40-day incubation period ended on Wednesday and the egg hatched in the evening," said Dr Sanjay Tripathi, director of Byculla zoo.

Aditya Thackeray shared the news via his official Twitter account.

"We have some great news coming in from Rajmata Jijamaya Udyaan (Byculla Zoo)!... The parents and the chic are doing well. My congratulations to all those involved in this process, especially Dr. Tripathi & his team and Sudhir Naik ji!" Aaditya Thackeray tweeted.

Aditya Thackeray had strongly pitched to bring Penguins to India from South Korea, despite a lot of criticism, first penguine arrived in June 2016.