Same-sex flamingo pair raising newborn chick together [Video]

Seven fluffy white Chilean flamingo chicks are on display at a zoo in southwest England for the first time since 2018 — and one is particularly notable for the way it made its entrance. Two male flamingos named Arthur and Curtis successfully hatched an egg together — a first for the Paignton Zoo.Related video above: Can flamingo friendships last for years just like humans?The zoo has had several all-male pairings during past breeding seasons, so the same-sex couple is not an unexpected turn of events, said Pete Smallbones, the zoo’s curator of birds. But the zoo is not sure exactly how the couple acquired the egg.”It’s likely that this egg became available — unprotected, kind of just left (in a nest) — and then they’ve taken the opportunity,” said Pete Smallbones, the zoo’s curator of birds. “As a bird department, we’re more than aware of how it’s a known thing …