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MORE: Archery hunter survives surprise grizzly bear attack. By Jon Haworth. When the chick is old enough and the two dads stop feeding the chick, the baby flamingo will be fed the special pellet diet that is made for all of the zoo flamingos at the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

A same-sex pair of flamingos has successfully hatched an egg at a Devon zoo, staff say. San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Oct 11, PM. Gay bbc solo shutdown updates: Leavitt says Trump exploring cutting aid to Portland.

Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Oct 4, AM. MORE: Man who allegedly poured scalding hot liquid on baby boy sparks international manhunt for his arrest. Flamingos typically lay "one large, chalky white egg in a mud nest build like a sand castle by the parents," the zoo said.

The two fathers have been fantastic parents so far since the announcement last Friday, zoo officials confirmed. The chick is expected to stay on the nest mound for 5 to 12 days officials said, and during this time, the chick is fed a type of "milk" called crop milk that comes from the parents' upper digestive tract.

[10]. We'll notify you here with news about. Meet Curtis and Arthur, two male Chilean flamingos residing at the Paignton Zoo. 2 male flamingos become same-sex foster parents raising baby chick at San Diego Zoo "The pair has perfected their fatherly duties," zoo officials announced.

Stream on. Chilean flamingo couple Curtis and Arthur have been celebrated as trailblazers after becoming the first male flamingo pair to have adopted a chick on British soil. A parent then sits on the mound -- which can reach up to 2 feet in height — and the nest is usually surrounded by a trench as further protection from rising water, zoo officials said.

October 1,AM. MORE: Vandals destroy viewfinder for colorblind visitors allowing them to see fall foliage at national park. His remains have just been found and identified. Chilean flamingoes eating, drinking, and preening in St. Petersburg, Florida; flamingos (as well as penguins and other species) sometimes form committed same-sex relationships that can involve sex, traveling and living together, and raising young together.

The two male lesser flamingos are now fostering a chick after "showing off their parenting skills with a dummy egg earlier this year," read a statement posted on the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's social. As the parents feed their chicks the crop milk, they are drained of their color—so much so that their plumage turns a pale pink or white!

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Two male lesser flamingos are officially first-time dads after fostering a chick at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, officials confirmed. It also has a straight, pink bill and swollen pink legs, both of which turn black within a week," the San Diego Zoo said.

In the world of adorable gay animals, penguin couples tend to get all the attention. But this summer, two gay flamingos are waddling into the spotlight just in time to welcome their newly hatched offspring to the world.

The parents gain this color back eventually as the chicks become independent and eat on their own.