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First-graders name baby penguin on trip
Magdelena first Humboldt penguin chick to hatch
Updated: Friday, 08 Mar 2013, 11:27 AM EST
Published : Friday, 08 Mar 2013, 11:27 AM EST
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NBC/WSTM) - A group of children on a field trip get to name a baby -- a baby penguin, that is.
There were many "oohs" and "aahs" when the Humboldt penguin chick was revealed at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse.
The visiting first-graders decided to name her Magdelena.
The children chose the name from three options, each representing the penguin's Latin-American origins.
Magdelena is the first Humboldt penguin chick to hatch at the zoo this year.
Humboldt penguins are endangered, with only 12,000 to 30,000 remaining in the wild.
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