PENGUIN CHICK OPERATED ON

One of the Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park’s new African penguin chicks has undergone surgery to correct a problem with its ankles. It was discovered that the tendons in the two-month-old chick’s legs were too loose, allowing the joints to slip out of place. Specialists from the Zoological Medicine Department at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine placed external fixators on the chick’s ankles to hold them in place so that the tendons would not slip out of place. That will enable the penguin to walk and have some range of motion as the legs continue to grow. The chick is undergoing rehabilitation at the Gulfarium.