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PHOTOS: Penguin chick hatches at Shedd Aquarium

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Thursday, June 25, 2015
Shedd's newest penguin resident, a rockhopper born June 8, pictured during a daily check-up and feeding.
Shedd's two-week-old rockhopper penguin is weighed as part of the daily animal care feeding and check-up. The chick was hatched June 9.
Shedd's newest rockhopper penguin sits on a scale as animal care staff measure her weight before a feeding.
A member of Shedd's animal care staff performs a routine check-up of the rockhopper penguin chick during a feeding.
Shedd's rockhopper penguin has been steadily gaining weight since birth, when it weighed between 57 to 59 grams. Recently, the chick surpassed 200 grams.
The chick - whose gender will not be determined for at least several months - has been hitting all milestones and steadily gaining weight since birth.
PHOTOS: Penguin chick hatches at Shedd AquariumShedd's newest penguin resident, a rockhopper born June 8, pictured during a daily check-up and feeding.
Courtesy Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is now the home of a new baby penguin chick, Chick #23, that hatched on June 9.

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