Sphen and Magic (L) and their first chick Sphengic (Picture: AFP)

A gay penguin couple could be hatching a second chick pretty soon.

Sphen and Magic were such great parents first time round they have decided to do it again.

The male gentoo penguins previously hatched an egg at Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium in October 2018, 10Daily reported.

The ‘power couple’ had to wait up to 68 days before they could welcome chick Sphengic into the world.


Penguin supervisor Tish Hannan said: ‘They have the neatest and largest nest in the colony and when we noticed that another couple were struggling to incubate two eggs at the same time, we made the decision to foster the second egg to the power couple of the colony.’

Sphen and Magic had caught the attention of aquarium workers when they were constantly seen waddling around and going for swims together (Picture: AFP)

Sphengic when she was hatched (Picture: AFP)

The penguins became famous when they featured on Netflix show Atypical after successfully hatching Sphengic.



Ms Hannan added: ‘Baby Sphengic… had an excellent start to life under their care and while she’s still a bundle of energy and very loud, she’s matured nicely but still quite unsure as to what all the adults are doing this breeding season.

‘Sphengic may or may not have a little brother or sister in a few weeks, we’re yet to confirm if the egg is fertile.’

The couple took it in turns to incubate Sphengic (Picture: AFP)

Sea Life previously said Sphen had proposed to Magic ‘in the love language of penguins’ by giving him a ‘special stone’.

The couple had also caught the attention of aquarium workers when they were constantly seen waddling around and going for swims together.

Gay parenting in the penguin world seems to be catching on after a lesbian couple hatched a chick at the Sea Life Aquarium in London, in September.

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