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Featherless Baby Penguin Abandoned By Parents (Pictures)

First Posted: 21/09/11 14:15   Updated: 21/09/11 17:25

A featherless baby penguin that was rejected by its parents and left on the icy ground to die has been nursed back to health by keepers.

Abused and ignored by its parents soon after it was born on 17th August, keepers at LHT Pole Aquarium in China's Liaoning Province decided that its bald body was due to a lack of nutrients and an inability to digest food properly.

Rallying together, the aquarium set up a round-the-clock penguin support group to hand feed the baby penguin back to health. After a month, the chick flourished and even grew feathers.

Looking more like a penguin ‘should’, the baby was welcomed back to his family.

Spokeswoman Wang Dan said: "In the beginning we tried to send it back to its parents, hoping they would still take care of it and help it grow stronger, but they neglected it and even kicked it out. We then decided to feed it by ourselves".

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A featherless baby penguin that was rejected by its parents and left on the icy ground to die has been nursed back to health by keepers. Abused and ignored by its parents soon after it was born on ...
A featherless baby penguin that was rejected by its parents and left on the icy ground to die has been nursed back to health by keepers. Abused and ignored by its parents soon after it was born on ...
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John Ramsey001
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03:22 on 26/09/2011
Where is PETA?
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mggwa
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19:12 on 26/09/2011
"Where is PETA?"

Dunno, but not in China! There it probably means "People Eating Tasty Animals"!
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brokenleoheart
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22:45 on 27/09/2011
wat does this have to do with peta? its not liek someone told the parents to abandon their young cause hes not growing any fur. the zoo took care of the penguin.

read the article thoroughly next time before commenting
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KRTaylor
A scholars ink lasts longer than a martyrs blood
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01:33 on 25/09/2011
Poor thing looks sooo pitiful in the first photo. You can almost hear the sad violin music playing in the background. Hope he grows up to be King Penguin!
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mwnyy
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01:17 on 25/09/2011
The 3rd photo makes me think he is saying thank you for loving me, I'm happy
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pupmobile
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19:23 on 24/09/2011
What a cutie!! I am happy that this story has a happy ending. It is nice to read something nice for a change!!
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seattleite4
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18:03 on 24/09/2011
I'm so glad there was that 2nd photo of the little guy looking so happy. That sad, featherless one was a heartbreaker.
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16:23 on 24/09/2011
And when fully mature he'll make a wonderful Kung Pow
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Ramon Moreno
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22:42 on 24/09/2011
So did your mother.
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John Ramsey001
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03:24 on 26/09/2011
LOL! You are bad.
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spockrocksyou
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14:17 on 24/09/2011
As sad as it is, the parents of this little guy are programmed to do such a thing. If a baby is born that is not prepared to live in the wild, the parents will often leave it to die. It doesn't make sense to us, but the sole purpose of animals procreating is to continue their species. This kind of thing happens often in the wild, but I'm glad this story has a happy ending.
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walkingwolf
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09:04 on 24/09/2011
what a sad story but what a wonderful ending..thank you guys for taking care of him...my hats off to you..and you have my undieing respect.
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helenaivy
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05:49 on 24/09/2011
His mommy is mean:(
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Ramon Moreno
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22:42 on 24/09/2011
Republicans.
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05:47 on 24/09/2011
Oh my gosh he is so darned cute......even without his little feathers!....... I would have cuddled and snuggled him and nursed him back to being healthy.........
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pupmobile
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19:25 on 24/09/2011
You are a good person!!
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Ramon Moreno
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22:43 on 24/09/2011
Don't let that go to waste - I don't have feathers either...
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zenju2
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22:02 on 23/09/2011
"Just as the mother and father penguin reject their offspring, so must YOU with Mutual of Omaha."

Always liked Marlon Perkins' way of tying in the episode's theme with insurance.
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zenju2
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22:00 on 23/09/2011
The parents were Teabaggers whose moral guidance was provided by "Atlas Shrugged."
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aphextwin07
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19:14 on 23/09/2011
now why would you feel the need to post something like this, huffpo? this is one of the few instances where I think we would have been better off NOT knowing this.
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aphextwin07
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19:59 on 23/09/2011
whoops, guess I should have clicked through to see there was a positive outcome to this before responding
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Ramon Moreno
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22:46 on 24/09/2011
Let me guess: you drive and vote and procreate.
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Trube
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16:49 on 23/09/2011
That's the way it works inside the beauty and harmony of nature.
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