A female king penguin in Britain’s only breeding colony for the species is actually a male, keepers have discovered after eight years. The true sex of Maggie, now known as Magnus, was uncovered ...
For four years, keepers at Birdland Park and Gardens waited patiently for Maggie, their prized female king penguin, to lay an egg. She kept flirting with the male penguins. There was even mating ...
A 10-year-old King Penguin in Birdland Park and Garden was renamed from Maggie into Magnus after a feather DNA Test revealed that the penguin is a male. The penguin was subjected to a feather DNA test ...
But they soon observed him engaging in unexpected mating behavior with another male king penguin named Frank. “Magnus seemed to settle in well, even catching the attention of fellow penguin ...