Six flamingo eggs from Atlanta’s zoo were chosen to be transported to the Woodland Park Zoo, in Seattle, which had older flamingos that were past their breeding age.
The plan was simple: a Woodland Park zookeeper would transport the six eggs from Atlanta to Seattle on a roughly six-hour flight, using a portable incubator to keep the eggs warm.
“The flamingo eggs would not have survived in a non-functioning portable incubator for five hours,” Joanna Klass, a Woodland Park Zoo animal care manager, said in a news release.
A flamingo named ‘Sunny’The six Chilean flamingo chicks were the first to hatch at the Woodland Park Zoo since 2016, the zoo has said.
May and her granddaughter met the the flamingo chicks at Woodland Park Zoo last year.
Persons:
Amber May, ”, May, ” Joanna Klass, “ We’re, –, ’, Bernardo, Magdalena, Amaya, Rosales, Gonzo, Jeremy Dwyer, Lindgren
Organizations:
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Locations:
Seattle, Woodland, Atlanta