Meet Sphen and Magic, the only same-sex couple at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium, who first bonded two years ago. It was around that time when the two were given a spare egg to hatch after they’d been hatching a rock.
Fast forward to today, their firstborn Lara is now out and about enjoying her adult life, but Sphen and Magic still have their parental instinct kicking.
And now the Aquarium’s “power couple” has made everyone happy again by becoming proud dads for the second time. “If one of our pairs has too many eggs or are not good at looking after their eggs, we will sometimes foster these eggs out to other pairs like Sphen and Magic. We gave Sphen and Magic an egg to incubate as they have proven to be good parents in the past,” the Aquarium’s spokesperson said.
The staff described the pair as “attentive” and “incredibly caring,” which just makes them the most lovable penguin parents out there.
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Meet Sphen and Magic, the adorable gay penguin couple from the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium
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And they got some very exciting news—the pair just became proud adoptive dads to their second chick
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Same-sex pairings like Sphen and Magic are very common in the animal kingdom with approximately 450 species exhibiting same-sex behavior.
Meanwhile, the aquarium spokesperson explained that “penguins are among the many species in which male-male or female-female pairings occur frequently and we are fortunate to have our own male-male pair.”
Sphen and Magic were given another egg to hatch after they successfully hatched their previous newborn Lara
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And the proud dads welcomed this beautiful tiny chick to their family!
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Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
The Aquarium’s spokesperson described Sphen and Magic as “attentive and incredibly caring”
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
If one of the penguin pairs at the Aquarium has too many eggs or are not good at looking after them, the staff gives the eggs to Sphen and Magic to foster
Image credits: SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Take a look at the footage of how the lovely family is doing so far
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And this is what people had to say about the caring penguin dads
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