William and Kate adopt baby penguin

William and Kate adopt baby penguin
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Summary The royal couple have adopted an endangered baby penguin called Acorn, a British zoo revealed.

Acorn will not be moving in with the royal newlyweds instead would remain at the zoo in north-west England with 49 other Humbolt penguins. The zoo had asked followers on social networking sites to choose which of its 400 different species the couple should sponsor. The Humbolt penguins, which are thought to be declining in number due to overfishing of their food and habitat loss, received more than 20 percent of the votes.The breed is native to several South American countries including Chile, where both William and Catherine spent part of their gap years.

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