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Look closely at this picture or, better yet, click on it to get a larger version. There's a little white egg, about the size of a golf ball, in the center of the rock-rimmed "nest." Doesn't look like the parent penguins could be any prouder! These Gentoo Penguins, who live at Moody Gardens, didn't seem to be bothered as Hurricane Rita's outer bands of wind howled outside the Aquarium Pyramid. The mother laid this egg right in the middle of the storm. The staff are pretty excited about this; Moody Gardens has had its King Penguins successfully hatch chicks, but this is the first Gentoo egg. The incubation period is an average 38 days - putting the hatching date at October 31st. Wouldn't that be a Halloween surprise! Check out the video we had on 11 News here.
By the way - Moody Gardens wanted to let us know it is back open for business.. so the you can visit the nursery yourself!
Everytime I go to Moody Gardens, I enjoy the Penguin Exibit. They are by far the most fasinating animals I have ever seen! This is exciting, and I hope that I will soon be able to visit a new member of thier exciting family!