This World Penguin Day (Saturday 25th April), be reunited with your favourite sub-Antarctic flippered friends; SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium’s SPHENGIC family, with an exclusive live-stream update!
18 months after the same-sex penguin couple and their fostered baby captured the hearts of the world, the SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium Penguin team will take you LIVE on the ice with the sub-Antarctic penguin trio, sharing an update on the family’s joys and experiences.
“Whether in attraction or via social media, we’re constantly inundated with questions about the Sphengic family, so we’re very excited to take Sphengic fans from all around the world behind the scenes in our Macquarie Island inspired exhibit!” says Tish Hannan, Penguin Department Supervisor. “Join our entire penguin colony for some morning enrichment activities, before Q&A with our team who are ready to answer all of your burning Sphengic questions!”
The live stream is scheduled for 9am Australian Eastern Standard Time – allowing Australians to start their day on the right flipper, whilst still offering international fans the chance to join in for a flippin’ good time!
Male Gentoo penguins, Sphen and Magic, first became a couple after being inseparable during the 2018 breeding season, and proved they were absolute naturals when fostering an egg; an egg which hatched to make history and become Baby Sphengic – the attraction’s first sub-Antarctic penguin chick since the colony first joined the Darling Harbour family in November 2016. The family have gone on to become international celebrities, even making a special appearance in Season 2 of Netflix Original Series, Atypical.
The Sphengic family, as well as all the other King and Gentoo penguins who call SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium home, act as ambassadors for their species’, helping to educate the public on the plight that they face in the wild.
To ensure you don’t miss this adorable live stream, be sure to set your alarm and be following SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium on Facebook. For all previous live-streams, activities and more, visit our virtual aquarium at https://www.sydneyaquarium.
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