One of the Newport Aquarium’s new baby gentoo penguins died.

From Yahoo! News

One of two baby penguins at the Newport Aquarium died of pulmonary congestion on Thursday morning, an aquarium representative said.

The gentoo penguin did not show any signs of trouble before it collapsed, and a necropsy revealed it had fluid built up in its lungs.

Officials said it would be several weeks until a pathology report can determine what caused the congestion.

The other gentoo penguin chick will stay on display in the Kingdom of Penguins exhibit.

So sad. I hope the other baby does okay. I haven’t been to the Newport Aquarium in a while (the kids got to go in December) and, of course, they’re my favorite stop.

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