India's first Humboldt penguin was born Wednesday night at Mumbai's Veer Jijamata Udyan. The zoo authorities have declared that the baby penguin is stable and under observation. Its sex will be determined through a DNA test done later today.

Zoo Director Sanjay Tripathi said, "The Humboldt penguin chick hatched out of the egg at 08.02 pm on August 15, 2018. It appeared to be active and the mother Flipper was trying to feed it too."

Penguin Flipper had laid a single egg on July 5. She along with Molt, youngest among the seven at the zoo, have been a couple for a long time. While Flipper is four-and-a-half years old, Molt turned three on July 21.

The zoo authorities are in touch with their counterparts abroad in connection with the baby penguin. The penguin baby will be closely monitored for at least three months. In this period the parents will take care of the baby and provide food. After that it can take care of itself.

Eight penguins - Donald, Daisy, Popeye, Olive, Flipper, Bubble, Molt and Dory - were brought from Seoul, South Korea, to the zoo. Dory died a few months later in October 2016 from bacterial infection.

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