The two flamingo dads, Curtis and Arthur, from Paignton Zoo prove that love transcends species, successfully hatching and nurturing a chick together, challenging stereotypes about parenting.
Zoo handlers helped facilitate the hatch by substitute swapping a fertile egg into their nest, allowing a pair of flamingos to raise a second chick. This highlights zoo's innovative breeding strategies.
The duo effectively alternated brooding responsibilities and fed their chick with crop milk, demonstrating strong parental instincts typical of flamingos, regardless of gender.
Flamingos can feed chicks through crop milk, which is rich in nutrients, and even non-parent flamingos can contribute as foster-feeders, showcasing social parenting behavior in the species.
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